Today’s smartphones are powerful. Some can shoot 8K video, while others rival the speed and performance of desktop computers. However, all of this advanced computing power can’t match the power of a single YouTube video from …… – at least on the Google Pixel.
The video in question is a 4K HDR clip from Ridley Scott’s Alien. (I didn’t know smartphones could be freaked out, but hey, it’s a stressful scene.) Simply opening the video could crash your Pixel, causing it to reboot and return to the home screen. Redditor OGPixel5 seems to be the first to highlight the issue, heading to r/GooglePixel on Saturday to ask if anyone else was experiencing the same problem. As it turns out, a number of people did, while others have understandably avoided testing clips on their Pixel.
9to5Google tested the video on their Pixel 7 Pro and saw similar results. At best, they could bring up the video when it wasn’t playing, but as soon as the play button was pressed, the phone crashed. In practice, this means that clicking on the video file (which would normally launch the video immediately) crashes the device immediately.
