What could be more annoying than buying a new phone and finding out that the main accessory you purchased doesn’t work with it? Perhaps banging your head on the opened freezer door for the umpteenth time qualifies, but we digress. It seems that a group of Pixel 7 series owners who already owned the first or second-generation Pixel Stand, or bought the Pixel Stand 2 alongside the Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro is having issues making the dock work.
Some Pixel 7 users say that their phone won’t work with the Pixel Stand
Others complained that the screen on their Pixel 7 series device turned black while on the dock, and one noted that he couldn’t unlock his phone when he took it off the stand. This happened to more than one Redditor and both pointed out that the under-display fingerprint sensor was not available on their phones after being removed from the dock.
The second-generation Pixel Stand is priced at $79 and will wirelessly charge your Pixel 6 or Pixel 7 series phones at 23W. It also will charge Qi-compatible devices at 15W including the Pixel 3, Pixel 4, and Pixel 5. The Pixel Stand 2 will also call up a special UI on compatible Pixel models that will allow you to control your smart home devices via a hub-like interface.
