Google confirms its battery health feature won't come to older Pixel phones. Find out which devices will get it and which ones miss out.

TL;DR

  • Android’s long-awaited Battery Health menu has arrived in Android 16 Beta 3, but only for the Pixel 9 series and the Pixel 8a.
  • Google has confirmed that older Pixels, including the not-so-old Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, will not receive this feature.
  • The decision is due to unspecified “product limitations,” leaving aging device users without means for native battery diagnostics.
  • 7empestEnglish
    11•6 days ago

    The cycle of planned obsolescnce continues

    • @nosebleed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      9•6 days ago

      Been really happy with support and updates from Graphene. Pretty simple nontechnical installation most users are capable of and no dodgy rooting/unlocking required. All supported officially with pixel line of phones. My banking apps etc all work fine because of this.

      • 7empestEnglish
        1•6 days ago

        I am buying a second hand 6a tomorrow, and was thinking of installing graphene or lineageos on it.

        • @Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          3•6 days ago

          I run 5’s with Lineage. Because they’re so cheap I have 3, one for testing, one as a hot spare.

          Still cost less than a new phone.

      • @dumblederp@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1•6 days ago

        I’m still rocking my pixel 5 because it works and the battery lasts me a full day if not more. I should probably look at loading graphene onto it.