The Google Pixel 6a comes with a built-in microphone that you can use to talk with others as well as issue voice commands. If the mic doesn’t seem to be working properly on your smartphone, then you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

1. The first step we recommend taking is to make sure that you have Microphone Access enabled. In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:

• To start off, turn on the screen of your Pixel 6a and then unlock it if you haven’t done so already.
• Next, you need to go to the Settings App.
• After opening the Settings App, scroll down and then select Privacy from the list of available options.
• Once you get to the Privacy menu, make sure that the Microphone Access setting is turned on.

2. If the Google Pixel 6a microphone is only muted when you are using a specific app, then you need to make sure you grant the application permission to use the mic input on your phone.

You can do so by taking the following steps:

• Start by opening the Settings App.
• In the Settings App, tap Privacy.
• From the Privacy menu, select Permission Manager.
• Inside the Permission Manager menu, you then need to tap Microphone.
• In the Microphone menu, you will see a list of apps that support the Pixel 6a’s microphone. The list is separated by the following categories: “Allowed all the time,” “Allowed only while in use” and “Not allowed.”
• If the app is listed in the “Not allowed” category, then you need to select it.
• In the Microphone Permission menu for the app, you can then either select the “Allow only while using the app” or “Ask every time” options.
• Repeat the same process for any other apps that you want to enable microphone support for.

3. Some apps may have settings where you can turn on and/or customize microphone support. Therefore, you can try looking at the menus of these applications to see if you are able to get the mic working.

4. If you have earphones, headphones or headset connected to your Google Pixel 6a, then the phone may switch the microphone input over to your listening device instead.

In this case, you can make sure that the mic of your earphones, headphones or headset is activated. Alternatively, you can simply disconnect your listening device from your smartphone if you want to use the built-in mic of your Pixel 6a instead.

5. We also suggest that you keep the apps, as well as the firmware of your Google phone, updated to the latest versions. A new update may help with resolving your microphone problems.

6. If your microphone is still not functional in certain apps, then you can try deleting the troublesome applications and then re-installing them again to see if doing so will fix your issue.

When you are using your Google Pixel 6a, you may notice that the volume may start to lower on its own. This could occur when you are using the phone’s speakers as well as when you are using a connected listening device.

To see how you can fix this audio issue for your smartphone, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

1. The first potentially fix you can try is to disable the Adaptive Sound setting. In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:

• Start by turning on the screen of your Pixel 6a and then unlock it.
• Afterwards, you need to open the Settings App of your phone.
• Inside of Settings, you need to go to Sound & Vibration.
• From the Sound & Vibration menu, you then need to head to Adaptive Sound.
• In the Adaptive Sound menu, make sure that the Use Adaptive Sound setting is turned off.

2. Some apps may have a setting where the volume level is automatically adjusted. Therefore, you can try disabling this feature in the application’s menus.

For the Spotify App, for example, you can take the following steps:

• Go to the Settings menu of the Spotify App by tapping the gear icon located on the top right side of the home page.
• In Settings, make sure that the Normalize Volume setting is disabled.

3. We also recommend that you keep all your applications updated as new patch versions may help resolve the issue with the Pixel 6a randomly lowering its volume.

To automatically update your installed apps, you can try doing the following:

• Open the Google Play Store App.
• Next, select your profile icon on the top right side of the screen.
• You then need to head over to Settings.
• Inside of Settings, select Network Preferences.
• In the drop-down menu, you then need to select Auto-Update Apps.
• From the pop-up menu, select either of “Over Any Network” or “Over Wi-Fi Only.”

4. A firmware update for the Pixel 6a may have fixed the volume issue as well. To manually update, you can take the following steps:

• Go to the Settings App.
• Next, you need to head into System.
• In the System menu, go to System Update.
• You then need to select the Check for Update option.
• If there is a new firmware available, then make sure to download and install it.

5. If the volume of your Google Pixel 6a keeps lowering on its own, then you can try deleting data for apps that uses audio. In order to do so, you can try doing the following:

• In the Settings App, go to Apps.
• Inside the Apps menu, tap the See All Apps option.
• From the All Apps menu, select an app.
• In the App Info menu, tap Storage & Cache.
• Once you get to the Storage menu, select the Clear Storage option.

6. You can also try uninstalling the apps you believed are causing problems and then re-install them again to see if doing so will fix your problem.

7. If you are using earphones, headphones or a headset, then you can try look at its settings to see if you can disable any features that could be causing the volume to be lowered.

8. If you volume keeps lowering on its own for your Pixel 6a, then we recommend that you contact Google in order to get additional support.

When you put your Google Pixel 6a in your pocket, you may notice that your smartphone will turn on and/or unlock its screen. To see how you can potentially fix this issue, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

1. The first potential fix you can try is to make sure that the Increase Touch Sensitivity setting hasn’t been turned on. In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:

• Open the Settings App on your Pixel 6a device.
• From the Settings menu, you need to select Display.
• Inside of the Display menu, make sure that the Increase Touch Sensitivity setting is disabled.

2. You should also make sure that you disable the Tap to Check Phone feature by doing the following:

• Start by launching the Settings App.
• In Settings, head over to System.
• From the System menu, you then need to go to Gestures.
• Inside of the Gestures menu, make sure that the Tap to Check Phone setting is turned off.

3. You may want to disable the Lift to Check Phone feature as well by taking the following steps:

• Go to the Settings App.
• From the front page of Settings, you need to go to System.
• Once you arrived in the System menu, you then need to head over to Gestures.
• In the Gestures menu, make sure that the Lift to Check Phone setting is disabled.

4. The Smart Lock feature could be causing your phone to accidentally turn on and unlock when you put it in your pocket.

If you want to disable this function on your Google Pixel 6a, then you need to do the following:

• To begin, you need to open the Settings App.
• After you get to Settings, you then need to go to Security.
• Inside of the Security menu, select Advanced Settings at the bottom of the screen.
• In the Advanced Settings menu, you then need to tap Smart Lock.
• You will be asked to unlock the screen of your Pixel 6a phone in order to continue.
• Once you get to the Smart Lock menu, select On-Body Detection.
• From the On-Body Detection menu, make sure that the Use On-Body Detection setting is disabled.

• To prevent accidental unlocks in other situations, return to the aforementioned Smart Lock menu and then select Trusted Places.
• In the Trusted Places menu, select a place.
• You then need to select Delete in the pop-up menu.
• Delete all of the places in the Trusted Places menu in order to fully disable this unlock condition.
• Return to the Smart Lock menu and then select Trusted Devices.
• In the Trusted Devices menu, select a device.
• You then need to select Remove in the pop-up menu.
• Delete all of the devices in the Trusted Devices menu in order to completely turn off this unlock condition.

When texting or typing on your Google Pixel 6a, you may make a lot of spelling mistakes or grammar errors. To see how you can customize the text correction feature for this smartphone, you can check out this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

How to turn on auto correct, spell check and grammar check for Pixel 6a

In order to turn on the auto correct, spell check, grammar check as well as other text correction features for your Google Pixel 6a, you need to take the following steps:

1. Start by turning on and unlocking the screen of your phone.

2. Next, you need to go to the Settings App on your Pixel 6a.

If you can’t find Settings, then you can swipe up from an empty space in the home screen. If done correctly, you should be able to bring up a list of installed applications on your phone. From this menu, you should be able find and then head into the Settings App.

You can also swipe down two times from the top of the screen to bring up the expanded Quick Settings menu. You can then select the gear icon to get into Settings.

3. From Settings, you need to select System from the list.

4. In the System menu, you then need to select the Languages & Input option.

5. Inside the Languages & Input, select the On-Screen Keyboard option.

6. After getting to the On-Screen Keyboard, select Gboard.

7. In the Settings menu of the Gboard, select Text Correction.

8. Once you get to the Test Correction menu, you will be able to turn on the following suggestion options:

• Show suggestion strip
• Next-word suggestions
• Block offensive words
• Suggests Contacts
• Smart Compose

When it comes to corrections, you can turn on the following correction options:

• Auto-correction
• Undo auto-correct on backspace
• Autospace after punctuation
• Auto-capitalization
• Double-space period

With auto-correction, the virtual keyboard will automatically correct any words while you are typing. If you think this feature is making a lot of mistakes, then you may want to enable the “Undo auto-correct on backspace” setting in the same menu so that you can easily remove the auto-correction.

As for spelling and grammar, you are able to enable the following:

• Spell check
• Grammar check

How to disable the auto correct, spell check and grammar check for Pixel 6a

If you want to turn off the auto correct, spell check, grammar check as well as any other text correction features for your Google Pixel 6a, then you need to do the following:

1. Start by going to the Settings App on your phone.

2. From the front page of Settings, you need to tap System.

3. In the System menu, you then need to tap Languages & Input.

4. From the Languages & Input menu, tap On-Screen Keyboard.

5. After opening the On-Screen Keyboard menu, tap Gboard.

6. Once you are inside the Settings menu of the Gboard, tap Text Correction.

7. In the Text Correction menu, make sure that you disable the auto correct, spell check, grammar check and other text correction settings.

You can use the live caption feature to get real-time captions on your Google Pixel 6a. To see how you can enable, customize and/or disable this function on your phone, you can take a look at this article from Seeking Tech.

How to turn on live captions on the Pixel 6a

In order to turn on the live caption feature of your Google Pixel 6a, you need to take the following steps:

1. Start by powering on the screen of your phone and then unlocking it.

2. Next, you need to head to the Settings App on your Pixel 6a.

3. From the Settings App, you then need to select the Accessibility menu.

4. Inside of the Accessibility menu, scroll down to the Captions section and then select Live Caption.

5. In the Live Caption menu, make sure that the Use Live Caption setting is turned on.

6. With live captions enabled, you can move the captions by touching, holding and then dragging the caption window. To increase the window size, you can also double tap it.

How to customize live captions on the Pixel 6a

In order to customize the live captions on your Google Pixel 6a, you need to do the following:

1. Open the Settings App and then go to the Accessibility menu.

2. In the Accessibility menu, you then need to head over to Live Caption.

3. From the Live Caption menu, you have the following customization options:

The Languages and Translations option will let you choose the Caption Languages. You can also translate the captions from one language to another.

With the Hide Profanity option, you can choose whether or not to show profanity in the captions. If you don’t, then any swear words will be replaced with asterisks.

With the Show Sound Labels setting, you can choose whether or not to show symbols that represents a sound when a song is playing, applause is heard, laughter is detected and other scenarios.

For the Caption Calls option, you can choose to enable or disable live captions during a call. You can set it to turn on automatically or for the feature to ask to be enabled every time you are making or receiving a call.

With the Type Responses During Calls option, your text responses will be read aloud to the other caller. You are also able to change the voice of these type of responses by selecting the Voice for Type Responses option in the Live Caption menu.

How to turn off live captions on the Pixel 6a

If you want to disable live captions for this phone, you need to take the following steps:

1 Start by going to the Settings App on your Google Pixel 6a.

2. In Settings, head to Accessibility and then Live Caption.

3. Once you get to the Live Caption menu, make sure that the Use Live Caption setting is disabled.

The Google Pixel 6a comes with Wi-Fi calling. To see how you can turn this feature on, as well as turn it off, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

What is Wi-Fi calling on the Pixel 6a?

The Wi-Fi calling feature is helpful if you are stuck in an area with a weak cellular network signal. Instead of using the mobile network, your Google Pixel 6a will switch over to a Wi-Fi connection, if available, when it comes to calls and texts.

How to enable Wi-Fi calling on the Pixel 6a

In order to turn on the Wi-Fi calling feature on your Google Pixel 6a, then you need to take the following steps:

1. To start off, make sure you turn on the screen of your phone and then unlock it.

2. Next, you need to open the phone app.

3. Inside of the phone app, you then need to tap the More option. You can find it on the top right side of the screen as it represented by an icon that has three vertical dots.

4. In the small pop-up menu, you then need to select Settings.

5. Once you get inside the Settings menu of the phone app, you then need to select Calls from the list of available options.

6. From the Call Settings menu, you then need to select Wi-Fi Calling.

7. In the Wi-Fi Calling menu, make sure that the “Turn on Wi-Fi calling” setting is enabled.

8. To learn more about the Wi-Fi calling feature on your Pixel 6a, you can also select the “Learn more” option from the Wi-Fi Calling menu.

How to turn off Wi-Fi calling on the Pixel 6a

If you want to disable the Wi-Fi calling feature of your Google Pixel 6a, then you need to do the following:

1. To begin, go to the phone app.

2. From the front page of the phone app, tap the icon that has the three vertical dots.

3. Next, you need to tap Settings in the pop-up menu.

4. From the Settings menu, you then need to go to Calls.

5. After getting to the Call Settings menu, head over to Wi-Fi Calling.

6. Inside of the Wi-Fi Calling menu, make sure that the “Turn on Wi-Fi calling” setting is disabled.

7. After disabling this feature, the Wi-Fi Calling menu will refreshed, showing a message that says that the smartphone won’t be able to make or receive calls over a Wi-Fi connection.

The Google Pixel 6a will rumble depending on the type of notifications you get as well as the actions you take. To see how you can disable the various vibration features for this smartphone, you can check out this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

How to disable ring, notification and touch vibrations

In order to disable vibration effects from your Google Pixel 6a when it is ringing, receiving a notification and/or getting its screen touched, then you need to take the following steps:

1. Start by opening the Settings App.

2. After getting to Settings, you then need to select Sound & Vibration.

3. From the Sound & Vibration menu, you then need to select Vibration & Haptics.

4. In the Vibration & Haptics menu, you can select the Vibrate for Calls setting and then set it to Never Vibrate. Alternatively, you can also move the Ring Vibration slider all the way to the left.

5. To disable force feedback when your Pixel 6a gets a notification, move the Notification Vibration slider from the Vibration & Haptics menu all the way to the left.

6. If you want to disable haptics when you touch the screen, then you need to move the Touch Feedback slider from the Vibration & Haptics menu all the way to the left.

7. To disable ring, notification and touch vibrations all at the same time, then you can simply turn off the “Use vibration & haptics” setting located at the top of the Vibration & Haptics menu.

How to disable emergency alert vibrations

In order to disable vibrations for emergency alerts on your Google Pixel 6a, you need to do the following:

1. Open the Settings App.

2. Inside of Settings, tap Safety & Emergency.

3. After getting to the Safety & Emergency menu, you then need to select Wireless Emergency Alerts.

4. From the Wireless Emergency Alerts menu, make sure that the Vibration setting is turned off.

How to turn off vibration when you start to charge your Pixel 6a

To disable vibration when you connect your Google Pixel 6a to a charging device, you need to do the following:

1. Go to the Settings App.

2. From the Settings screen, head over to Sound & Vibration.

3. Next, you need to make sure that the Charging Sounds and Vibration setting is turned off in the Sound & Vibration menu.

How to disable Pixel 6a keyboard haptics

To disable haptic feedback when using the virtual keyboard of your Google Pixel 6a, you need to take the following steps:

1. Start by going to the Settings App.

2. In Settings, you need to select System.

3. From the System menu, you then need to select the Languages & Input option.

4. After getting to the Languages & Input, select the On-Screen Keyboard option.

5. In the On-Screen Keyboard, you need to select the Gboard option.

6. From the Gboard Settings menu, you then need to select Preferences.

7. Inside the Gboard Preferences menu, make sure that the Haptic Feedback on Keypress setting is turned off.

Your Google Pixel 6a may have applications running in the background that may be taking up hardware resources, draining the battery charge and/or using mobile data. To see how you can close these apps, then you can check out this tutorial at Seeking Tech.

1. To start off, we recommend closing the app if you have if currently opened or suspended.

In order to do so, you need to open the App Overview menu.

If you are using a gestures-based navigation, the you need to swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen and then hold the position for a second to bring up the menu.

If you are using the buttons-based navigation, then you need to tap the square icon located at the bottom of the screen.

In the app overview menu, swipe upwards on the app that you want to closed. If you want to close all opened/suspended apps, then you can select the Clear All option located to the left of this menu.

2. Even if you close an app, it may still be running in the background on your Google Pixel 6a.

In order to completely force the application to stop running, you need to take the following steps:

• To begin, open the Settings App.
• From the Settings menu, you then need to head to Apps.
• Inside the Apps menu, you should then select the See All Apps option.
• In the All Apps menu, select the application that you want to force stop.
• In the App Info screen, select the Force Stop option.
• A notification will then pop-up saying that the app may misbehave if you force it to stop. Here, you need to select the Yes option to confirm the action.

3. Even if you force stop an app, it may run in the background again if you decide to open the same application and/or restart your device.

To limit the background apps from using mobile data and hardware resources, you can try doing the following:

• Head to the Settings menu of your Google Pixel 6a and then select Apps.
• You then need to select the See All Apps option from the Apps menu.
• Next, select the application from the All Apps menu.
• In the App Info screen, select Mobile Data & Wi-Fi.
• From the Mobile Data & Wi-Fi menu, make sure that the Background Data setting is turned off.
• Return to the aforementioned App Info screen and then select Battery.
• In the Battery Usage screen, make sure to set the Manage Battery Usage setting to Restricted.
• Repeat these steps again on other apps that you want to restrict from running in the background.

4. If you don’t want a specific to not run in the background at all, then you can disable or uninstall it.

In order to do so, you need to head to the App Info menu of the app. From there, you can select the Disable or Uninstall option.

Third-party applications can be uninstalled. On the other hand, you can only disable Google Apps.

The Google Pixel 6a comes with NFC support. To see how you can enable, as well as disable, this connection type for your smartphone, you can take a look at this article from Seeking Tech.

How to enable NFC support for Pixel 6a

In order to enable the NFC connection for your Google Pixel 6a, you need to take the following steps:

1. Begin by turning on your smartphone and then unlocking its screen so that you can start interacting with it.

2. After unlocking the screen, you then need to head into the Settings App of your Pixel 6a.

If you can’t find Settings from the home screen, then you can open a menu that show all of your installed applications by swiping upwards. You should then be able to locate and select the Settings App from there.

An alternate way is to open the Quick Settings menu, which you can do by swiping downwards from the top of the phone’s screen two times with a single finger or once with two fingers. From the expanded Quick Settings menu, you should be able to then select the gear icon in order to head to Settings.

3. After arriving in the Settings menu, you then need to select the Connected Devices option.

4. In the Connected Devices menu, you then need to select Connection Preferences.

5. Once you get to the Connection Preferences menu, you then need to select NFC.

6. From the NFC menu, make sure that the Use NFC setting is turned on.

7. If you want customize the NFC connection so that it can only be used when the screen is unlocked, then make sure that you enable the “Require device unlock for NFC” setting in the same NFC menu as well.

How to setup contactless payments on the Pixel 6a

In order to set up contact payments on your Google Pixel 6a, then you need to do the following:

1. First off make sure you download and sign into the payment app for your contactless payment method. For this guide, we will be using Google Pay.

2. Next, you need to open the Settings App.

3. From the Settings menu, tap Connected Devices.

4. You then need to tap Connected Preferences.

5. Afterwards, tap NFC.

6. In the NFC menu, make sure that the “Use NFC” setting is turned on.

7. From the same menu, you then need to tap Contactless Payments.

8. In the Contactless Payments menu, tap Payment Default and then select your default contactless payment method.

9. In the same Contactless Payments menu, you can also tap the Use Default option. Afterwards, you can select the following rules:

• Except when another payment app is open
• Always

How to turn off NFC for Pixel 6a

In order to turn off NFC on your Google Pixel 6a, you need to take the following steps:

1. Open the Settings App.

2. Select Connected Devices from the Settings menu.

3. You then need to select Connected Preferences.

4. Select NFC from the Connected Preferences menu.

5. Make sure that the “Use NFC” setting is disabled in the NFC menu.

When using your Google Pixel 6a, the smartphone may start to feel too hot. To see how you can fix overheating issues with this phone, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article at Seeking Tech.

How to prevent your Pixel 6a from overheating

In order to prevent your Google Pixel 6a from overheating, you can try taking the following precautionary steps:

1. To start off, make sure you are using the Google Pixel 6a within the recommended operating temperature range of 0°C to 35°C (or 32°F to 95°F). Outside of this range, your device could end up having issues, including overheating at hotter temperatures.

2. In temperatures above the 45°C (or 113°F), you will risk overheating the battery and potentially causing a fire to break out.

3. Do not expose the phone to a heating source such as a heading vent, kitchen stove, fireplace and direct sunlight.

4. If possible, we recommend not using your Google Pixel 6a when it is recharging its battery.

5. Avoid using applications that take up a lot of hardware resources such as the Camera App and video games for an extended length of time.

6. You should also avoid having too many apps opened at the same time.

7. Make sure you also keep the firmware for your Pixel 6a, as well as the software versions of the applications, updated to the latest releases.

These new updates make help your phone run more efficiently, causing less strain on the hardware. This should result in less heat being generated.

How to cool down your Pixel 6a when it is overheating

If your Google Pixel 6a gets too hot, then you can try doing the following in order to cool it down:

1. The best way to cool down your overheating Pixel 6a is to turn it off.

In order to do so, press and hold the power and volume up buttons at the same time. In the power menu, you then need to select the “Power off” option.

Afterwards, you can let it cool down at room temperature (or put it near a fan for better air circulation).

2. If you are charging and using your Pixel 6a at the same time, then you can either stop using your phone or stop charging it.

3. If your phone is overheating while you are recharging it, then we recommend that you stop charging the device and then let it cool down first before trying again.

If the temperatures of your phone keep rising when you are trying to charge its battery, then you can try using a different charging device. You should also make sure that the phone has plenty of ventilation as you shouldn’t be covering it. Finally, avoid charging the phone beyond the aforementioned 35°C (or 95°F) upper limit.

4. If you would rather keep your phone on, then we recommend that you try closing any resource heavy applications that you have opened.

5. If you aren’t using the Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection, then you can try turning them off.

6. You may also want to consider force stopping any background applications that are currently running.

7. Restarting your phone will close all opened applications as well as remove any lingering processes.

In order to restart, press and hold the power and volume up buttons at the same time to bring up the power menu. Afterwards, select the restart option.

8. You can also enable the Battery Saver mode by doing the following:

• Swipe down from the top of the screen with one finger twice to open the expanded Quick Settings menu. Alternatively, you can swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers once.
• Tap the Battery Saver Mode to turn it on. If you don’t see this mode, then you need to swipe to the right to view the next page of Quick Settings.

9. Lowering the volume and brightness level will also help a little bit in cooling down your smartphone.

What happens if your Pixel 6a continues to overheat

If you let your Google Pixel 6a continue to overheat, then the phone will automatically take actions on its own by going into a reduced-power mode where apps will be slowed down. Eventually, the phone will turn off on its own in order to prevent permanent heat damage.