Now we know that strange noises are not one of the Pixel 4 line’s new features, but on Google’s Pixel Phone Help website a number of Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL users are complaining about tapping or clicking sounds heard on videos recorded using the camera that comes with the Instagram app. On Reddit, the same complaint was posted about the audio captured on videos taken with the camera that comes with the Snapchat app. The popping noise, which occurs every half-second to a second according to one complaint, was compared to the sound of a metronome by one user. The sound is not heard when the phone’s own camera is being used with one exception; when the AR based Playground mode in the Google Camera app is employed, the popping does surface.

John Bowdre, a Platinum Product Expert on Google’s Pixel page, wrote that he was about to blame the third party apps (a practice that in the tech world is known as ‘passing the buck’). However, he admittedly had to reassess this position after hearing that the issue affected the videos taken in Playground mode by the stock camera app. In addition, some users complained that the popping could be heard on videos taken in Safe Mode, certainly indicating that the problem causing the issue lies within the phone itself. The good news is that Bowdre believes that this could be a software problem that could easily be solved with a software update.

Meanwhile, another issue has arisen according to a Reddit user with the handle nalrodriguez. This problem is affecting the camera on the Pixel 4 XL, more specifically the camera’s algorithm related to white balance correction. As a result, indoor lighting is coming out wrong with red lighting looking yellow and purple lighting coming out blue. The post also noted that this problem has surfaced on three different Pixel 4 XL units. Also, it doesn’t seem to affect the Pixel 3 camera or RAW images. This could mean that processing related to the HDR+ feature is at fault; this could be another problem fixable via a software update.

All new phones can benefit from software updates after their initial release dates, and nothing will ever arrive half baked like the BlackBerry Storm 9530. But the Pixel 4 launch did nothing to change the Pixel’s reputation for launching with some annoying issues.