Touch issue after December feature drop

[WookieCookie]

Hello there!
I'm experiencing a weird issue after the latest update from December 2020. Since then, my back button (or technically the lower part of my screen) is very irresponsive and does not register touch input. I uploaded a video on Youtube to showcase the issue:

What you can hopefully see is that the back button is very responsive when it comes to horizontal movement; touching far left or far right of the button is still registered as input. However if I touch just slightly below (or sometimes even on) the icon, it does not register my input. This includes the fact that the system does not register the touch at all (as you can see by the active developer tool). This is very frustrating as it also happens with the other two buttons. It seems as if Google has incorporated a kind of "palm detection" or "accidental touch prevention" on the far edges of the screen.

I already activated the "High sensitivity mode" of the display since I have a screen protector installed. However, before the update the issue was not apparent, so I'm convinced the screen protector is not the issue.

Does somebody also experience the issue or may even have a solution for this?

Cheers!

 

[houtx2]

Hello there!
I'm experiencing a weird issue after the latest update from December 2020. Since then, my back button (or technically the lower part of my screen) is very irresponsive and does not register touch input. I uploaded a video on Youtube to showcase the issue:

What you can hopefully see is that the back button is very responsive when it comes to horizontal movement; touching far left or far right of the button is still registered as input. However if I touch just slightly below (or sometimes even on) the icon, it does not register my input. This includes the fact that the system does not register the touch at all (as you can see by the active developer tool). This is very frustrating as it also happens with the other two buttons. It seems as if Google has incorporated a kind of "palm detection" or "accidental touch prevention" on the far edges of the screen.

I already activated the "High sensitivity mode" of the display since I have a screen protector installed. However, before the update the issue was not apparent, so I'm convinced the screen protector is not the issue.

Does somebody also experience the issue or may even have a solution for this?

Cheers!

Yes, I've noticed the same thing. Seems to be only the back button.

 

[Rumzie]

This is a widespread issue that has been reported by many. So far there is still no update from Google. I am running November build without any touch issues. Google support forum with lots of people reporting.

 

[azerty11]

same problem for me, I hope it will be fixed soon

 

[mitch10102000]

Looks like this is fixed in the January, 2021 release that came out today!

 

[Rumzie]

This issue was NOT fixed in the January release. I and many others are confirming this. Google has yet to fix a major touch-screen bug, almost 2 months after the issue was brought up.

 

[mitch10102000]

Mine was definitely better in the January release, but yeah, still having the issue here and there (especially when an app is heavy on the processor). This press release should help out: https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/...ssue-can-make-navigation-buttons-hard-to-use/

 

[strapabiro]

Same here. But on another side, why do we have to wait another month for a known issue?