Earlier this year, Google issued a battery performance program update for Pixel 4A, which cut off the phone’s battery life as a precautionary measure. Reason – Pixel 4 was batteries overweight and at risk of fire.
Well, the other Pixel A-Series phone is getting treatment soon because the pixel 6 will also get the battery voltage reduction to prevent overheating.
Pixel 6 is a number of reports of units when a spontaneous fire is caught while charging and Google is once again taking a caution. The update will only affect the pixel 6A units with more than 400 charging cycles. The string in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta release confirms these upcoming changes, and Google has also issued an official statement.
To reduce the risk of potential battery overheating, Pixel 6A Subset of Pixel will require compulsory Software Fatware update.
Update will enable battery management features that will reduce capacity and charging performance after the battery reaches the 400 charge cycle.
We will contact the affected customers next month, with all the information needed to consider this issue. – Google official statement
In the Pixel 4A case, Google reduced the maximum voltage of the battery at a value of 45.4545V to 3.95V. The result is a 56% reduction in charging capacity. Pixel 6 will probably get the same treatment.
Burn Pixel 6A Unit (Images: Androidauthority)
In the meantime, if you are a Pixel 6A user, you can go to check your battery health Settings> Battery> Battery Health. If the phone shows a warning, you should probably pay attention to the exchange of your phone’s battery, preferably at a licensed service center.
Google swollen battery pixel 7 is also offering free replacement for units.
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