PSA: Google Pixel 9 owners, double-check your alarms

If you’ve got a Google Pixel 9, you might want to peek at your alarm settings tonight. Word’s getting around — thanks to Android Police spotting it first — that something funky is happening with alarms on these devices. They’re either not ringing when they should or just turning themselves off like they’ve got better things to do. And it’s not just a few isolated cases. Users are venting about it on Reddit, sharing tales of missed wake-ups and late starts.

One user, WreckTangle12, posted, “All of my alarms turned themselves off over the weekend. There’s no possible way I turned off my four alarms myself.” Another, 3OneThird, chimed in, “My initial assumption was that I told Gemini to stop a timer that was going off and it cancelled all my alarms.” It’s a mess, and it’s mostly hitting Pixel 9 owners, though some folks with older models are grumbling too.

So, what’s causing this chaos? Nobody’s sure yet. Some fingers point at Gemini, Google’s shiny AI assistant. The theory is that telling it to kill a timer might accidentally wipe out all your alarms. Sounds plausible, but it’s not proven. Others think the Google Clock app itself could be the culprit. Either way, it’s a head-scratcher, and Google hasn’t dropped any answers yet.

This isn’t Pixel’s first rodeo with alarm drama. We’ve covered alarm bugs on Pixel phones in 2020 too. Pixels and quirky bugs? Name a more iconic duo. This latest glitch just adds to the list.

Missing an alarm can screw up your day. So, take a minute to double-check your alarms. Make sure they’re still on and set right. Better yet, set a backup on another device or grab a third-party clock app. You know, just in case your Pixel decides to take a nap instead of waking you up.

With Pixel’s track record for oddball issues, a fix is probably in the works. Until then, don’t trust your phone blindly. Check those alarms, folks. Better safe than sprinting to catch up with your day.

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