The bugs tend to seek safety by submerging into the material that they live in. ... The team believes this means playing dead is considered an adaptive action.

Another player ran into the same so-called 'play dead' bug a few weeks ago and found their character unable to stand up. There's also a clip of the animation hidden in the depths of YouTube.

The bug affects anyone with a Pixel 6 or later, including the Pixel 9 series. Depending on the phone model, the feature fails to recognize songs or simply doesn’t work at all.