Clock

The clock app continually defaults back to restricted access, which disables the alarms. Sometimes when I set an alarm it will let me know there is a restriction and if I can double click on that notification on time, it will take me to the place where I can select unrestricted, but it does not do that consistently and I often miss alarms. And for some reason I have a difficult time navigating back to where I can adjust this setting. Total headache and I wish it would stop.

I can't believe I am writing this review. In a recent update, Google has taken away the ability to tap the screen to stop an alarm or countdown timer. Now I have to say STOP over and over and over until my Pixel 8 understands me. Google, please don't fix a problem that didn't exist. Now my alarm shines into my face with my wallpaper, and I can't add another minute to my timer because there is no option. Please regress this change, or give an option to go back to the older, better, method.

I thought maybe it was my phone, but it looks like others are having issues as well. I normally have my phone on vibrate with the volume set to low or off, but the alarm settings are set to vibrate when silent. After about a week or 2 of working fine and the alarm vibrating my phone, it stops vibrating, but the alarm still shows up on my phone. Then I have to restart my phone and it ends up working again for a period of time until it doesn't. However, I do like the other features that it has.