Can confirm my pixel 6a battery went to dogshit this week. Almost feels like it's more the update than anything with the battery.... but I guess I'll be learning to switch battery and finally going back to lineageos

Magnetic USB cables are usually dogshit though. They are not defined in the USB spec, so it's the wild west out there.

Yeah so?... They still managed to break it because battery replacement in a phone is not as easy as pop off the panel and replace.

I've had my Pixel 5 since around the time the 6 came out. The battery life isn't great, but I can get by just fine. Maybe Samsung phone batteries are better, but before this I had a Samsung Galaxy. The battery on that was no better. I know this is anecdotal, but I don't plan to switch when my 5 croaks.

Yeah they sent a communication to pixel 6a owners saying that they will force an update that will reduce battery usage.
In case you did not know, Google is providing a 100$ check, or 150$ discount on their store for 6a owners.

Yup, got my 100$ yesterday -it is anti-lawsuit stuff but will cover the cost of fixing a new battery

Funny enough, I had the complete opposite experience. I didn’t necessarily use Samsung then either, but I would get the phone that was normally rated the best or highly reviewed. I think i came from an LG to the first pixel phone. Pixel was the first phone to ever give me issues. Felt it vibrate one day in my pocket and I looked at it a few min later and it was in permanent boot loop. Tried a lot of things, but my one regret was forgetting to turn on developer options with the usb so essentially the phone was bricked. I couldn't access it or do anything, everytbing was lost and support was no help and told me they couldn't replace it. Last time I used them. I also wasn't a fan of how hard they tried copying an iPhone at the time. Since them I've mostly used a Samsung either the Note and now the higher end galaxies and love them. Only thing I dislike is their own line of apps for everything that I disable immediately.

I just upgraded to the 9 and assume it's scraping every bit of data it can from me. I will do it this weekend.

My 6a is over 3 years old and still strong. I had no Samsung battery that lasted under a year and a half.

GrapheneOS though.

idk my 6 year old Samsung only charges once a day to 85% and is good

Pixel models <=5 have Qualcomm SoCs in them, while model >=6 has Tensor SoCs developed by Google (but fabricated by Samsung IIRC). No Samsung Exynos SoCs in them.

Did you tap the text "Battery Information"?

Whoa that happened to the 6a as well? That whole thing with the 4a was a disaster.

That data is independently researched or Samsung gave that to the EU and it's published as-is?

They largely fixed battery drain in the 9 series. It's now in the same league as Samsung and Apple.

I wonder why people downvote this... some kind of brand loyalty/emnity, or buyer's remorse?

The new law does not mandate third-party review. It's the innkeeper claiming that the wine is good.

Experiencing it right now... Still no battery update for my phone, but I am currently away on vacation and am dreading the moment it will become a fancy brick

Had endlesss issues with 2x Nexus phones, eschewed google, gave them another chance with a Pixel 6Pro, sold it after a month it was so shitty and grabbed a Samsung S22u that i still use. I use the pen so often its shitty not having one and goodlock does along looottts of customisation. I also mostly prefer their apps to googles, alas googles cant be deleted

I can anecdotally attest to this. I've been using the same Samsung phone since basically 2020 with original battery and the runtime is still damn good for what I need.