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Well, it came back on the Pixel 7. After some more hours of being annoyed by the popup messages, I noticed there was a tiny icon on the left edge of the message, and I eventually determined it match an app called "talkie" that I had install years ago (and hadn't used for long enough I had...

Thanks for your help. I did send feedback. We will see what happens with the 7 over time, and will try a few more repetitions on the 3a over time and see what happens there also.

No I hadn't, but I have now. Curiously, the 7 needed an update, and the 3a didn't. The 7 still seems to have stayed fixed (no popup errors from Wi-Fi Direct), and the 3a still gets them.

I power off my internet modem/router and computers every night. But not my phones. So gave that a try, and it seems to have worked for the pixel 7, so I tried on the 3a.... got rid of the list of Peer devices, and there were also some groups! Got rid of them too. Before I could power off, I...

Tapped it a few more times, and finally saw Searching.... change to Search for devices, so I guess that is what happens when the search completes.. The Peer devices list is empty, so a screen shot seems OK, now the neighbor's TV showed up, and underneath it say "Invited", but on the right it...

I uninstalled and reinstalled the app that wanted to update but couldn't. So my update list is empty now. Went back to the Wi-Fi Direct page, and tapped the 3 dots, and it is Searching.... I tapped Searching.... and the submenu went away. Not sure if it would go away on its own when the...

I have auto-update set for most apps and the system, but I went and checked, and there were 3 new updates since this morning, so installed them. I do have one app that wants to update but won't. Maybe I should uninstall it, and start fresh.

I've googled the error message extensively, so in the process have learned a little about Wi-Fi Direct (theoretically) but have never attempted to connect to a wireless printer, nor Chromecast. I did try to transfer some audio recordings from a different phone to my computer using AirDroid but...

I have some other devices, maybe they are capable of connecting, but I've never told them to.

Every 30 seconds on my Pixel 7 and also on my old Pixel 3a I get an error popup saying "Wi-Fi Direct: Scanning services failed (3)". It appears for a second or two, and then disappears. The only setting I can find for Wi-Fi Direct is a device name (which seems like it was autogenerated). This...