On my pixel 6 the home button returns me to my home screen, or it used to. Recently, if I am on a google search (from the home screen google search widget), home does nothing.
I’m expecting it to return me to the home screen - that’s what it does on a pixel 7.
I don’t think I’ve made any changes to cause this, any idea how to get it back?
Have you tried rebooting your phone? Might just be a temporary glitch.
Well now I feel like an ass - this is what I’d tell my parents.
And yeah, that fixed it. I’m tempted to delete this whole embarrassing post, but I will leave it for the edification of others and to memorialize my shame.
Don’t be embarrassed, I work with tech for a living and am still regularly impressed with what a restart can fix. It can be easy to overlook though.
You don’t understand the depths of my shame.
I was in OS support for 5 years. I supported DOS 5.
I work with software Dev teams all day long, including designing highly available services.
And I do after hours tech support for elders (my folks) and house mates (my fam).
If anybody knows to reboot…
Nah, I’ve got 15+ years of experience in IT and still overlook a good old reboot now and then.
Rebooting is a legit IT solution though. I also asked why we do that almost all the time when we have Bluetooth problems after upgrading a Linux kernel and from the answers it turns out it’s not really that “dumb”, electronics are just that weird.
Don’t worry about it, we’re all here to learn, don’t feel ashamed because you are now a wiser person!