Although adjusting the phone’s strength slider appears to have no effect, this shows that the problem is a defect rather than the result of an intentional design decision. The identical issue was brought to the attention of Reddit users during the Android 12.1 beta, but it appears to have found its way into the commercial release without any sort of response or modification. According to Droid-Life, after a list of changes in the March Pixel update appeared on March 7th, Google added a paragraph stating that the update includes a “Fix for issue causing reduced haptic feedback in certain settings” on March 8th, according to the publication.
