I've constantly had issues on Android 14 with multiple launchers. For a while the recent apps button wouldn't do anything until I force restarted the launcher. Then tapping home would show the launcher wherever I had left it, but none of the interaction worked. Then it seemed unable to launch anything. Now I get a mix of the three.

I've tried killing the Pixel launcher. I've tried resetting settings. I've sent bug reports to each launcher for each issue and they all come back saying it's due to Google changes and sent links to posts of other launchers having the same issues.

I have 3 close friends on pixels that have the same issues constantly. I've asked a few people on pixels who say the same. I've seen numerous people online saying they have the same experience.

The Android bug tracker has multiple open issues Google has acknowledged, but I've never seen them actually fix any of them. They've been "assigned" for months.