Question Pixel 6 chooses cell tower with bad signal strength - Google Pixel 6

I have bought a new Pixel 6 few week ago and get some missed calls and sms (where a Pixel 3a had no such problems). I wonder if I still have connection problems despite the fact that I have all upgrades installed.
I live in Germany and use o2 with LTE with a physical sim and a T-Mobile esim just for plain gsm.
I monitored the cell towers using the app netmonitor.
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Sometimes I see cell towers with a by far better signal strength but they are not used. Some seconds later they disappear. Do you have an explanation for that or how to improve it?

pukiru said:
I have bought a new Pixel 6 few week ago and get some missed calls and sms (where a Pixel 3a had no such problems). I wonder if I still have connection problems despite the fact that I have all upgrades installed.
I live in Germany and use o2 with LTE with a physical sim and a T-Mobile esim just for plain gsm.
I monitored the cell towers using the app netmonitor.View attachment 5749769Sometimes I see cell towers with a by far better signal strength but they are not used. Some seconds later they disappear. Do you have an explanation for that or how to improve it?
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Running stable Android 13 ? Perhaps enrolling into the Android beta program will help (QPR). It includes the latest drivers and firmware for thePixel 6 modem.

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