If you own a Pixel 10 and your Wi-Fi keeps dying, you aren’t crazy. There is a weird new bug floating around where simply opening the Quick Share menu instantly kills your internet connection.
Reports are piling up on Reddit and Google’s forums describing the exact same pattern: you launch Quick Share to send a file, and poof, your Wi-Fi icon disappears and the network list gets wiped clean until you close the menu.
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A strange new bug is frustrating Pixel 10 owners
Recommended VideosThis seems to have started right after Google rolled out its latest Quick Share extension update – the one that finally lets you share files with iPhones. Users like ‘JayMZ’ and ‘justbecause0907’ say the moment that share sheet pops up, the connection drops. On the Pixel 10 Pro XL, it apparently happens specifically when the phone starts prepping files. Another user, ‘MrWhiteford,’ says their phone refuses to use Wi-Fi for PC transfers now, defaulting to agonizingly slow Bluetooth.
Everyone seems to be on the same software versions (Play Services 25.45.34 and Quick Share extension 1.0.815689706). Frustratingly, a ticket was opened in Google’s Issue Tracker, but it closed it and told people to go to the support forums… which just sent them right back to the tracker. It’s a classic, unhelpful loop.
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Why this is important, why you should care, and what’s next
The irony here is painful. A feature built to make sharing easier is breaking the most basic thing a phone does: staying online. Quick Share relies heavily on local Wi-Fi for fast transfers. If opening the menu kills the Wi-Fi, the whole feature is unreliable at best.
For you, this is a headache. If your Wi-Fi drops every time you try to share a photo, you lose any ongoing downloads, cloud syncs, or music streams instantly. Plus, if Quick Share is forcing your files over Bluetooth because the Wi-Fi is dead, you are going to be waiting minutes for a transfer that should take seconds.
Right now, Google hasn’t officially admitted there’s a problem, and there is no real fix yet. Given how it’s handled similar bugs in the past (like that telephoto stutter), users might need to make some noise to get noticed. For now? The only “fix” is to not use Quick Share if you need your Wi-Fi to stay on. If you are seeing this, make sure to report it – the louder the complaints, the faster a patch might arrive.
