Software updates are supposed to make your phone better. That is literally the whole point. So when a major Android update lands and instead of improving things it knocks out your Wi-Fi, your Bluetooth, and sometimes even your camera, it is fair to be pretty annoyed about it. That is exactly the situation a growing number of Google Pixel 10 users are finding themselves in after installing the January 2026 update, and at the time of writing there is no clean fix in sight.
The January 2026 update rolled out to Pixel devices last week. On paper it looked perfectly reasonable, arriving with the usual bundle of bug fixes, security patches, and improved GPU performance. But for a subset of Pixel 10 series owners, installing it has resulted in Google Pixel 10 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity simply stopping working. Some users have also reported that their camera has gone down alongside it, making the phone significantly less functional than it was before the update landed.
Which devices are affected and how widespread is this?
Reports of these problems have surfaced across Reddit threads and Google’s own support forums, with 9to5Google having tracked a cluster of complaints from users across both platforms. The pattern of issues seems consistent: after updating, connectivity features become unstable or stop working entirely.
The Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL are the models mentioned most frequently by affected users. That said, this does not appear to be strictly a Pixel 10 series problem. At least one Pixel 8 Pro owner has reported their Wi-Fi breaking after the same update, which suggests the bug may not be entirely hardware-specific.
The scale of the issue is difficult to pin down exactly. Not every Pixel 10 owner has encountered it, and these kinds of update bugs often affect a portion of devices rather than all of them. But dismissing it as isolated would be wrong. Forum threads tend not to accumulate multiple replies saying “you’re certainly not the only one” unless a meaningful number of people are experiencing the same thing, and that is exactly what the community response looks like here.
What the update was supposed to bring
It is worth being clear about what the January 2026 update actually promised before discussing what went wrong. The patch was a routine monthly update carrying security fixes, performance improvements, and GPU-related enhancements. Nothing in the changelog was particularly alarming or experimental. It was the kind of update most people tap through without a second thought and move on with their day.
That is part of what makes this situation frustrating. If the update had been a major OS overhaul or a significant system-level change, the caution flags would have been more obvious. A monthly security patch is not something most users would expect to need to treat with suspicion, which makes it harder to warn people ahead of time when something goes sideways with one.
None of the standard fixes are working
Here is where things get genuinely difficult. The usual troubleshooting steps that resolve most Android connectivity issues are not working for people hit by this bug.
Users have reported trying a simple restart, which accomplished nothing. Booting into safe mode, which isolates third-party apps as potential culprits, has also come up empty. Resetting network settings, a more targeted approach that clears saved Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth pairings, and related data, has not resolved the problem either. And in the most drastic cases, some users have performed a full factory reset, wiping their phone entirely and starting from scratch, only to find the Google Pixel 10 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth problems persist even on a fresh install.
A factory reset not fixing a connectivity issue is a telling sign. It points toward something at the firmware or driver level rather than an app conflict or corrupted user data, which unfortunately also means it is not something users can easily patch themselves.
One user did report that disabling Google Play Services and the Fitbit app temporarily resolved their problems. However, that workaround carries a significant trade-off. Disabling Google Play Services removes access to the Play Store and breaks a wide range of Google’s own apps in the process. That is not a solution most people would consider acceptable on a phone they use day to day, and it should be treated as a last resort observation rather than a practical recommendation.
Should you hold off on updating?
If you own a Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, or Pixel 10 Pro XL and have not yet applied the January 2026 update, holding off is a reasonable call given what is being reported. The update is not mandatory in the sense that your phone will not break if you skip it, and waiting to see whether Google pushes a follow-up fix before updating is a sensible option.
If you have already applied the update and are not experiencing issues, there is no need to do anything differently. Not every device is affected, and it would be a mistake to factory reset a working phone out of precaution.
For those already dealing with the broken connectivity, the honest answer is that there is no reliable fix available right now. The workarounds circulating online are either ineffective or impractical, and the most realistic path to a proper resolution is a patch from Google.
