Absolutely, there's no way I'm leaving the 3 buttons by choice. The navy gestures conflict with too many other actions.
I have the same problem with Nova. That said, have you tried updating to the latest version?
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/362911257/google-pixel-update-august-2025?hl=en
Fix for issues with 3-button navigation and gesture navigation in certain conditions*[1]
*[1] Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet, Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel 9a
Thanks, the 6a is on the latest, but notably absent from that list. I'll try the 8a on the update though!
I'm on a pixel 9 now and still have problems, it's inherent to Android. They are less on this phone, but the 3 buttons are longer part of Google vision for how to use our phones. They are going the Apple direction.
Ah yeah you may be right there, gesture nav has been a thing for so long, the 3 buttons just work (when they work!)
I had this problem on a pixel 6 and was advised by Google support to switch to a 3rd party launcher.
🤦♂️ which one are you using that's working?
This issue popped up for me with the June update. After updating to the August update I haven't seen it happen again.
Looks like the 6a was skipped...
Looks like they didn't fully fix it.. had the same issue happen twice today. Still better than before when it was multiple times every hour though. Hopefully it doesn't get worse and go back to that.
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