Android 17 has been one strange ride since it was released in its earliest forms as a beta build, and now that it was pushed out to users in a stable format on June 16, a new bug is being reported by some users that seems to really bungle the use of certain apps on Wi-Fi connections. The latest in a series of bugs.
Now, this might not matter as much for some users who are constantly away from Wi-Fi. For users who rely on that Wi-Fi for the majority of their data connectivity needs, however, this can turn into a really problematic situation. According to users in a Reddit thread from earlier this week, several applications aren’t working when the phone is connected to Wi-Fi. They will work when connected to mobile data though.
In the realm of Android 17-based bugs, this is far from the most troublesome. It’s also not the least troublesome. Either way, we could see how it would be down right annoying if you were forced to use mobile data.
The Android 17 Wi-Fi bug appears to impact certain Google apps only
If there’s a silver lining to this bug, which is most certainly a weird one, it’s that this only seems to be impacting Google apps. This includes YouTube, Google, Gmail, Google Photos, Google Messages, the Play Store, and Google Keep. It doesn’t look like any of the users in the Reddit thread have mentioned this problem with non-Google apps.
It’s also worth noting that Google Messages is only impacted while connected to Wi-Fi via the website. The Android app works fine, apparently. That certainly adds to the level of strangeness. It doesn’t look like Google has a fix for this bug yet. Nor is it clear if it has even acknowledged the bug. Some users have found a temporary workaround. You can get things to work if you remove the latest IPv6 protocol on your router. Keep in mind that doing this will remove access to IPv6-only websites.
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