Pixel 7 Pro. I use both the stock and google pixel camera. Stock for "documentation" and pixel for everything else. For the past few months, the pixel camera is really struggling.
Half the time when I launch the app, it takes more than a few seconds for the preview to come up, then once it does, the shutter button is grayed out. After waiting even longer, it's finally white, but when I press it, nothing seems to happen (no photos appear in the bottom left preview circle). Eventually, I just give up.
The weird part is that later in the day, I'll see one or two photos appear in my gallery from the previous attempts. But not all of them. Also, trying to change photo mode (portrait, panorama, etc) usually ends in the app crashing.
I also have the google photos app and pay services installed. They were pretty limited with permissions so I tried uninstalling, reinstalling (from play store), then giving almost all permissions including network. That helped a tiny bit, but really not much.
If someone could help walk me through troubleshooting that'd be great. Or chime in if they also experience issues.