I use a Pixel phone. I live in a home with 2ft thick walls. I can be up to 20ft from the phone and don't lose signal. If I go the other side of a thick wall, I lose it, but it reconnects immediately.
I'm impressed with how good and consistent it is.
I don't disbelieve the problems that others report, but unfortunately can't explain them. I can only think the environmental conditions may be different ie other devices, or the phones are different in make, configuration, something else.
Not much help, but I feel the need to post the positive POV as opposed to the bad press that the tech gets.