Google Pixel 2 reboots out of the blue.

[Imurhuckleberry]

Sometimes when i am either going to take a picture, watch a video, or just about anything, it will reboot out of the blue. My wife is doing the same thing.

 

[B. Diddy]

Does the battery level change drastically after the reboot? It could be a failing battery. Or maybe just deteriorating hardware.

It might be worth doing a factory reset and seeing if that behavior persists afterwards.

 

[mustang7757]

Probably best to move on from if factory reset doesn't fix it

 

[Imurhuckleberry]

My battery level will be at different percentages when it does a restart. Will a factory reset erase everything?

 

[B. Diddy]

Factory reset will wipe the phone, but Pixels have a decent backup/restore system, so much of your information will be restored. It helps if you use Google apps to save a lot of your information (like Google Contacts, Google Drive, Google Keep, etc.)

If the battery level is fluctuating like that, I would suspect a failing battery even more. It's time to make sure your important data is backed up or synced somewhere safe, and start looking for a replacement phone before your current one stops powering on at all.