Overview

• User videos shared on Reddit and X show severe screen tearing, flickering textures, and control issues on some Pixel 10 Pro XL units running Genshin Impact.
• Multiple outlets, including Android Authority, Tom’s Guide, and Android Headlines, could not consistently reproduce the glitches, indicating the problem may vary by device, game build, or region.
• Hoyoverse raised Genshin Impact’s minimum requirements and removed official PowerVR GPU support in v5.0, warning unsupported devices may still run but with instability or crashes.
• Pixel 10 phones use Imagination’s PowerVR DXT-48-1536 GPU and reportedly ship with an older driver (v24.3), while a newer driver (v25.1) released by Imagination in August has not been widely rolled out by Google.
• Reports suggest a future system update could mitigate issues if drivers are the root cause, though no fix has been announced and other popular games appear unaffected so far.