Google Pixels Are Crashing After Watching ThisAlienClip on YouTube

There ’s a funny bug interpenetrate the ducts of Google Pixel devices , and it ’s somehow related to sci - fi ’s most famous insectoid foreign repulsion .

For some unusual reason , this one YouTube clipof Ridley Scott ’s famous sci - fi / horror chef-d’oeuvre Alien is crashing the latest Google Pixel phone . Reddit users on the universal gas constant / GooglePixel subredditwere the first to acknowledge the strange phenomenon , as phones only crash when watch this one specific television , and only when using the official YouTube app .

According to substance abuser , the crash take place on both the Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro . Other substance abuser note that it also happen on a Pixel 6 , 6 professional and 6a . It ’s unclear if early Pixels suffer the same fate .

Gizmodo’s own attempts to view the Alien clip on a Pixel 7 forced the phone to immediately restart.

Gizmodo’s own attempts to view the Alien clip on a Pixel 7 forced the phone to immediately restart.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo

The video did not doss my Pixel 3 , though in other tests from Gizmodo staffers , we found that an8 GB Pixel 7,Pixel 7 Pro , andPixel 6 Proall immediately jumped to a sinister filmdom and then rebooted .

Some users described a quick reboot , while others claimed it caused other issues leading to a loss in cellular connective , requiring another restart . In our own tests , we discover that the restarted earphone successfully relaunched without any evident issue .

The word was first noticed by tech journalistMishaal Rahman , and the problem has been ongoing through the weekend into Monday . Rahman mark it could be an issue if users are on the Android 13 QPR2 genus Beta . Some Pixel 7 users did claim they did n’t have any subject , and it remains unclear what is causing the issue .

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Gizmodo reach out to Google for comment and to know if there ’s any hint as to what ’s causing the issue , but we did not immediately hear back .

former versions of Pixel phone have experienced weird crashes in the past times . Over five years ago , users reported certain wallpapers using the Google Wallpapers app putPixel 2 devicesinto aperpetual clash loop . The companytook its perfumed timecoming up with a response to the progeny , perhaps because it ’s such a niche exit .

Of course , my own theory is that all these phones are now inhabit by a digitized version of the eponymous “ alien . ” Just do n’t be too surprised if you awake up and encounter your phone has been drooling acidic saliva , or if a little digital chestburster pop out while you ’re texting coworkers on your Sla … aaaa … aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack .

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