Did They Even Test This?
Every gripe from Waveform's "Did They Even Test This?" segment, and whether it's been fixed.
- Gripes aired
- 35
- Fixed
- 2
- Fix rate
- 6%
Most griped about
New gripes
Samsung · Galaxy phone (One UI beta)Samsung phones show a phantom voicemail alert that keeps coming backThe phone shows a voicemail notification for a voicemail that doesn't exist, and it comes back every time you dismiss it.Unfixed · 10 daysMicrosoft · Windows UpdateA Windows update removed the laptop's Wi-Fi driverA Windows update removed the laptop's Wi-Fi driver, so every Wi-Fi option vanished, and Windows' fix was a web link you can't open without internet.Unfixed · 17 daysMegaphone · Publishing schedulerMegaphone's publish time is a dropdown with 1,440 choicesThe scheduled publish time is a dropdown with every minute of the day, and you can't type a time, so you scroll through 1,440 options to schedule an episode.FixedGoogle · Pixel Quick SettingsA stray pixel is stuck on Pixel's mobile data tileA single stray pixel sits in the corner of the mobile data tile and moves when you scroll, so it's a design glitch, not a dead pixel.Unfixed · 31 daysApple · iPhone alarm in StandByiPhone alarms sometimes go silent in StandBy on a MagSafe chargerWith the iPhone in StandBy on a MagSafe charger, the alarm sometimes shows only a silent notification, so you wake up late.Unfixed · 38 daysCrunchyroll · Crunchyroll channel on YouTubeCrunchyroll on YouTube randomly drops episodes you paid forPaying for Crunchyroll through YouTube, season 2 episodes appear and vanish so only some are available, while Crunchyroll's own app has them all.Unfixed · 45 daysGoogle · YouTube mobile appYouTube's app gets stuck half in dark mode, half in light modeOpen any video and the player, description and comments are dark while the recommendations below are light, even after restarting the phone.Unfixed · 59 daysGoogle · YouTube Android appYouTube's Subscriptions feed on Android has no spacing between itemsOn Android the Subscriptions feed has no spacing, so Shorts thumbnails butt right up against the video below. It looks broken.Unfixed · 66 daysApple · AirPods Pro 3AirPods Pro 3 keep disconnecting when your laptop is in your bagWith a closed laptop in your backpack, AirPods Pro 3 keep dropping off your phone and sometimes jump to an iPad. AirPods Pro 2 never did this.Unfixed · 73 daysMeta · Instagram logoThe new Instagram logo's R looks like a ZIn the redesigned Instagram wordmark, the R reads like a Z, which makes the name harder to read.Unfixed · 73 daysGoogle · Gemini in Android AutoGemini in Android Auto fumbles simple voice commandsSince Android Auto switched to Gemini, simple commands fail: it can't set a basic reminder and says a saved contact doesn't exist.Unfixed · 80 daysGoogle · YouTube share linksYouTube share links open a reply prompt instead of the commentsShared YouTube links now open with a prompt to reply to whoever sent it, and getting to the real comments takes a swipe on a razor-thin strip.Unfixed · 87 daysReddit · Reddit appReddit's app shows a giant ultra-tall ad that takes several swipes to passAn ad shows up at an extreme height and takes four or five full swipes to scroll past, so it's easy to tap by accident.Unfixed · 94 daysReddit · Reddit inboxReddit's inbox doesn't sync read replies between the app and the webA reply you've already read in the app still shows as unread in the browser, and the other way around.Unfixed · 94 daysApple · Weather on iPhoneApple Weather shows a rain icon for a one-hour shower at 1 a.m.The daily icon shows rain and a high storm chance even when it only rains for an hour overnight and is sunny all day, and it doesn't update after the rain passes.Unfixed · 101 daysGoogle · GboardGboard's sticker button is too easy to hit by accidentTyping fast, it's easy to hit Gboard's sticker button and send a sticker you never meant to, sometimes to the wrong person.Unfixed · 108 daysGoogle · Hum to searchGoogle's hum to search finds the song almost every timeA 'they DID test this' pick: hum a half-remembered song into Google and it reliably finds it.They tested thisGoogle · Google DocsGemini's floating button covers the bottom of Google DocsA floating Gemini button sits at the bottom of Docs, covering the last lines of text. You can at least turn it off in settings.Unfixed · 122 daysGoogle · Google DocsGoogle Docs' image button defaults to 'generate an image'The first option in the insert-image menu is Gemini's 'generate an image', not 'upload from computer', so it's easy to click the wrong one every time.Unfixed · 122 daysGoogle · YouTube search bar (web)YouTube's search bar 'X' highlight spills over the lines around itHover over the clear (X) button in YouTube's search bar and its highlight circle spills over the lines around it, in every browser tested.Unfixed · 136 days
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