Others said they ran into online grid connectivity issues and had to reboot their phone again.
Those with older Pixel devices didn’t seem to be running into the issue.
Google said the problem has been addressed and that it’ll deploy a full fix in March.
Recent CNET testing showed that the video isn’t crashing phones.
An out-of-date Pixel 7 on build version TD1A.220804.031 and YouTube version 17.17.37 didn’t crash.
The nature of the problem, which wasreportedearlier by Gizmodo, isn’t exactly clear.
The clip was posted two years ago and plays fine on other devices.
Bizarre rig crashes seemingly triggered by benign bits of media don’t happen all that often.
Aninvestigationby YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss explained how a single pixel caused the phones to run into a boot loop error.
A text message from 2017 was able tofreeze iPhoneson certain older versions of iOS 10.
Usually, in these instances, software developers are quick to fix the issue in future updates.
