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RobertG
RobertG
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August 10, 2026
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Issues in Google Sheets - Blurry and unable to read.

  • August 10, 2026
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Good to know for some of u!

I did raise this question:
Several of our clients are reporting an issue on their Chromebooks affecting various Google Sheets. Notably, this does not affect every user, even among those using the exact same Chromebook model.
When opening a Sheet, the content appears blurry and unreadable. We have already tried resetting the zoom level to default, disabling hardware acceleration, and verifying the text wrapping settings, but the issue persists.
Has anyone encountered this problem before, or could anyone suggest a potential solution?
 

Luckely there is a temp fix for this:

Adjust Canvas Acceleration

  • In the Chrome browser on an affected device, navigate to chrome://flags/#disable-accelerated-2d-canvas
  • Set the flag to Disabled (or toggle to your system's default state).
  • Click Relaunch at the bottom of the screen to restart the browser.
  • Reload Google Sheets to verify that text and numbers render clearly

If u having this issues, please raise a ticket with Google support to encourage them to fix this, so we dont manually have to use the temp fix.
 

    Best answer by Lynda

    Hi ​@RobertG Thanks for the post!

     

    As you mentioned, raising a support case for issues such as this is definitely the best advice so that the support team has a clear view of the impact of the issue and prioritizes a fix accordingly.

    After liaising with one of our lead Customer Engineers we’ve been advised the issue you are facing has been identified as a high-priority regression bug that hasnow been officially fixed.

    The visual rendering corruption (consisting of blurry text/numbers, overlapping characters, and unreadable spreadsheets) specifically affected ChromeOS version M150 (specifically build 150.0.7871.150) on Qualcomm Snapdragon devices such as the Acer Chromebook Spin 513 and Lenovo Duet 5. 

    It was caused by an expansion of the subpixel font rendering feature, which interacts poorly with Snapdragon hardware graphics pipelines . Other Google Workspace apps (like Gmail or Docs) and non-Snapdragon Chromebooks are unaffected .

     

    Workarounds

    Strategy Action / Details Effectiveness
    Official OS Update Update ChromeOS to the latest minor version. Cherry-pick patches were deployed to disable subpixel font rendering on Snapdragon devices across M150, M151, and M152 release branches. Permanent Fix
    GPU Flag Workaround Just as you mention above, launch Chrome with the command-line flag --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas . Excellent Temporary Workaround

     

    Note: Rest assured that throughout the issue faced your spreadsheet data is completely uncorrupted and safe; the glitch is purely a visual layout paint/rasterization defect .

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    Lynda
    LyndaCommunity ManagerAnswer
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    August 11, 2026

    Hi ​@RobertG Thanks for the post!

     

    As you mentioned, raising a support case for issues such as this is definitely the best advice so that the support team has a clear view of the impact of the issue and prioritizes a fix accordingly.

    After liaising with one of our lead Customer Engineers we’ve been advised the issue you are facing has been identified as a high-priority regression bug that hasnow been officially fixed.

    The visual rendering corruption (consisting of blurry text/numbers, overlapping characters, and unreadable spreadsheets) specifically affected ChromeOS version M150 (specifically build 150.0.7871.150) on Qualcomm Snapdragon devices such as the Acer Chromebook Spin 513 and Lenovo Duet 5. 

    It was caused by an expansion of the subpixel font rendering feature, which interacts poorly with Snapdragon hardware graphics pipelines . Other Google Workspace apps (like Gmail or Docs) and non-Snapdragon Chromebooks are unaffected .

     

    Workarounds

    Strategy Action / Details Effectiveness
    Official OS Update Update ChromeOS to the latest minor version. Cherry-pick patches were deployed to disable subpixel font rendering on Snapdragon devices across M150, M151, and M152 release branches. Permanent Fix
    GPU Flag Workaround Just as you mention above, launch Chrome with the command-line flag --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas . Excellent Temporary Workaround

     

    Note: Rest assured that throughout the issue faced your spreadsheet data is completely uncorrupted and safe; the glitch is purely a visual layout paint/rasterization defect .

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