Google has officially the arrival of one Mandatory software update For devices Pixel 6aaimed at reducing the battery capacity. The measure, made necessary by growing reports of overheating and fire during charging, will influence some of the users that will be contacted from next month.
Not all devices are involved
The first indications about this intervention emerged within the code of the Beta 2 on Android 16 QPR1found by Android Authoritywhere some lines reported the intention of intention “Red” the battery Van Pixel 6A via a software update. This update will be obliged And he will strive to limit the risks related to potential overheating of the battery.
A subset of Pixel 6A devices requires a mandatory software update to reduce the risk of potential battery overheating.
The update makes battery management functions that reduce capacity and charging performance after the battery has reached 400 loading cycles. Next month we will contact the customers who are interested, with all the information needed to tackle the problem.
Google confirmed it with this statement A 9to5Googlespecify that the goal is the safety of users. The intervention will limit the battery capacity and the charging performance as soon as the 400 load cycles have been reached, threshold where the risk of thermal disruptions.
The previous with Pixel 4A
Not all Pixel 6A devices will be involved. According to what Google stated, only one some Users receive communication, expected before July, with detailed instructions about dealing with the problem. However, the distribution of the update may not take place in immediate times. The aim remains to prevent documented cases in which some Pixel 6a caught fire During the loading phase.
The situation remembers what happened at the beginning of the year with the Pixel 4Awho received a similar update. In that case, the intervention drastically reduced the autonomy of the device, making it Almost unusableWith a battery life limited to a few hours. Even then, in some cases, Google opts for the replacement of the battery and compensation in others, without the cause officially confirming as an overheating problem.
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