A new Google Pixel update has landed — complete with a fix for an annoying game-crashing bug

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Fixes for crashes and missing elements

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The Google Pixel 10 (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)
  • The April 2026 update for Google Pixels is rolling out
  • It includes various bug fixes, including for game and banking app crashes
  • There are no new features — for those, you'll probably have to wait until June

The latest Google Pixel patch has now landed, but this April 2026 release is much smaller than March’s. Last month, Google rolled out a Pixel Drop complete with new features, but this month, all we get is bug fixes.

Still, some of the fixes address potentially very annoying bugs, including those causing crashes to certain games, banking apps, and Quick Share during file transfer.

As well as addressing various crashes, this April 2026 update also fixes an issue where the Backup menu was missing from System settings under certain conditions, and another issue where the quick search bar is sometimes missing from the home screen under certain conditions.

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Google Pixel 10 Pro XL in Porcelain against a blue background with a green neon Android figurine in the background

The Google Pixel 10 Pro XL (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

It's worth downloading

So, if you’ve experienced any of these bugs, you should download this update as soon as possible to resolve them. But even if you haven’t encountered these issues, it’s generally a good idea to grab updates like this, since they could prevent these bugs from occurring in the future, and may also address other unlisted issues.

The update is rolling out from today, but it’s a phased rollout, so it’s possible you won’t have access to it for up to around a week. Just keep an eye on your phone to see when it appears.

And if you’re wondering when the next big update for Pixels will land, complete with new features, you should look to June, as that’s when we’re expecting to see Android 17.

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James Rogerson

James is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything ‘smart’, from watches to lights, and can often be found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James also contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.uk and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.

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