Overview
- Pixel owners who installed the stable Android 17 update this week reported that widgets that existed before the upgrade vanished and no longer appear in the widget picker.
- Google has acknowledged the problem and a company representative confirmed a software fix is in development.
- Reports and user testing point to devices with an Android Work Profile as the common factor tying affected phones together.
- The only reliable way users have restored widgets so far is removing the Work Profile, which can break access to corporate apps and is therefore impractical for many people.
- The bug was first reported during the Android 17 beta in February and persisting into the public release suggests the issue slipped past testing and will likely be resolved in a future OS or monthly update.