Some Pixel Watch owners say the Find My Phone/ring feature stopped working after a recent software update. A temporary workaround—using Gemini directly on the watch—appears to still work for many, while Google says a fix is in development for a future update.
It’s the kind of feature you only notice when it fails. For some Pixel Watch owners, the ability to make a missing phone ring—or at least help locate it quickly—has suddenly stopped working after a recent software update.
A Reddit post from Silent_Polak described what happened after the update: the Find My Phone/ring feature on their Pixel Watch stopped working. The owner said they’d been using their Google Pixel Watch 3 for nearly a year without trouble. and that the problem only showed up after installing the latest update.
The thread filled with replies from people saying they weren’t alone. Several users reported the same experience—everything working until they updated their watches—while others said they rely on the option constantly and were frustrated to suddenly lose it.
That frustration drove some owners to try to work around the problem. One poster said their Watch app became unusable after the update: opening it would crash immediately when they tapped it. They also tried restarting both their Google Pixel 10 and Pixel Watch, but that didn’t fix the issue.
Still, the story took a more hopeful turn for many in the discussion. A workaround described in the thread involves asking Gemini directly on the watch to find the phone. Multiple people replied that this approach helped, even when the standard Find My Phone/ring shortcut appeared broken for them.
Google has now acknowledged the issue on Reddit. The Pixel Watch team said it’s actively working on a fix that will arrive in a future software update. Until then, the company pointed users to the same temporary workaround: using Gemini on the watch to locate their phones.
For owners who use Pixel Watch as a quick way to track down a misplaced device—before the frantic blanket-and-couch search turns into a full-house scramble—this isn’t a minor glitch. The feature matters most right when you need it. And for now, the relief comes with a workaround, not a permanent solution.
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