diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/src/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 02860364a9..b3e7e314f8 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -493,9 +493,9 @@
     <string name="renderer_force_max_clock">Force maximum clocks (Adreno only)</string>
     <string name="renderer_force_max_clock_description">Forces the GPU to run at the maximum possible clocks (thermal constraints will still be applied).</string>
     <string name="renderer_asynchronous_gpu_emulation">GPU async emulation</string>
-    <string name="renderer_asynchronous_gpu_emulation_description">Runs GPU emulation asynchronously to reduce CPU stalls and improve throughput. Disable this only if you run into timing-related issues.</string>
+    <string name="renderer_asynchronous_gpu_emulation_description">This hack runs GPU emulation asynchronously to reduce CPU stalls and improve throughput. Disable this if you run into graphical issues or timing issues.</string>
     <string name="renderer_async_presentation">Asynchronous presentation</string>
-    <string name="renderer_async_presentation_description">Slightly improves performance by moving presentation to a separate CPU thread.</string>
+    <string name="renderer_async_presentation_description">This hack can improve performance by moving presentation to a separate CPU thread, but can highly increase gfx issues.</string>
     <string name="renderer_reactive_flushing">Use reactive flushing</string>
     <string name="renderer_reactive_flushing_description">Improves rendering accuracy in some games at the cost of performance.</string>
     <string name="enable_buffer_history">Enable buffer history</string>
diff --git a/src/common/settings.h b/src/common/settings.h
index 13ccf5a1d5..f4f93872a7 100644
--- a/src/common/settings.h
+++ b/src/common/settings.h
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ struct Values {
                                                                      "optimize_spirv_output",
                                                                      Category::Renderer};
     SwitchableSetting<bool> use_asynchronous_gpu_emulation{
-                                                           linkage, true, "use_asynchronous_gpu_emulation", Category::Renderer};
+                                                           linkage, false, "use_asynchronous_gpu_emulation", Category::Renderer};
     // *nix platforms may have issues with the borderless windowed fullscreen mode.
     // Default to exclusive fullscreen on these platforms for now.
     SwitchableSetting<FullscreenMode, true> fullscreen_mode{linkage,
@@ -544,13 +544,8 @@ struct Values {
                                                         Specialization::Default,
                                                         true,
                                                         true};
-    SwitchableSetting<bool> async_presentation{linkage,
-#ifdef ANDROID
-                                               true,
-#else
-                                               false,
-#endif
-                                               "async_presentation", Category::RendererHacks};
+    SwitchableSetting<bool> async_presentation{linkage, false,"async_presentation",
+                                                    Category::RendererHacks};
 
     SwitchableSetting<bool> fix_bloom_effects{linkage, false, "fix_bloom_effects",
                                                      Category::RendererHacks};