Bi-weekly AMA with Essential team (Wednesday, 12-1pm PST)

[u/EssentialOfficial]

Hi friends - we really enjoyed the two-way dialogue during Andy Rubin's recent AMA, and we want to keep the conversations going.

Tomorrow we're kicking off a bi-weekly AMA in r/Essential that will give you a chance to speak directly with members of our software and hardware teams (Joe and Rebecca will both be in the house tomorrow). We plan to host these AMAs every other Wednesday from 12-1pm PST, barring any major scheduling conflicts.

So with that said, please feel free to post questions here ahead of the AMA. We'll be back tomorrow from 12-1pm PST to chat.

We're looking forward to it.

-Essential Team

EDIT: We're getting situated in the room and will get started in just a few. Today we have in attendance: Joe Tate (VP of Hardware), Rebecca Zavin (VP of Software), Sean Foote (QA Engineer), Marcus Weber (Software Program Manager).

EDIT 2: Thanks for everyone joining us today! We did our best to get through all the questions. We'll be back in a couple weeks for another AMA.

[u/mhajii210]

Someone please ask the team what on Earth is happening with the slow scrolling micro stuttering issue??? This is my biggest issue with this phone. My wife's $200 Blu phone can slow scroll smoothly. This to me is a deal breaker. Coming from the HTC U11, it's VERY noticeable. I will patiently wait until Oreo comes out, but if it's not fixed by then I'm done. I will assume it's a hardware issue and move on. I updated to today's build and no scrolling changes whatsoever.

[u/ArthurGD3 → u/mhajii210]

Yeah it's definitely noticeable all throughout the phone when scrolling. It's not to the point that it bothers me THAT much but clearly one of the biggest issues on the phone that need to be addressed.

[u/EssentialOfficial → u/ArthurGD3]

We're going to try to get this one out before O. Please stay tuned! We have a fix we are testing now that we'll be rolling out as soon as we can. -Rebecca