Some Pixel phones have forgotten how to Flip to Shhh

TL;DR Pixel’s Flip to Shhh gesture has stopped working for some users, with the feature either becoming impossible to enable or disappearing from Settings entirely. Updating the Digital Wellbeing app appears to fix the issue for some users, although Google hasn’t confirmed the connection and the fix isn’t universal. Some users say the problem persists or returns after updating, and we’ve reached out to Google for more information.

Your Pixel phone comes with a handy little trick for those moments when you just can’t be bothered — it lets you turn your phone face down on a flat surface to silence all notifications. Called Flip to Shhh, it was released with the Pixel 3 all the way back in 2018. Up until recently, the gesture-based feature has largely worked as intended — that, however, is no longer the case for some.

Over the last couple weeks, several disgruntled users have taken to Reddit to air their frustration with the feature. Flip to Shhh had suddenly stopped working for many with no clear reason.