A developer has investigated the update of death that led to the drastic battery downgrade of the Pixel 4a. Here's what he uncovered.
Google's support page only states that the update will "improve the stability of their battery's performance." This is true in the sense that, if you stop using a severely capped Pixel 4a entirely, ...
Google's Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 battery performance program reduces capacity to address overheating risks. Affected users ...
The update itself was more of a maintenance critical update because Google determined that "certain Pixel 4a phones require a software update to improve the stability of their battery’s ...
Many Pixel 4a owners are experiencing drastically reduced battery life following an unusual update for this end-of-life phone. Despite Google announcing a "Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program" in ...
as Google has removed the download links for previous versions of the Pixel 4a firmware from its website. Google does provide a few other options for affected users : Have the battery replaced ...
WTF?! A few years after discontinuing the device, Google unexpectedly released one more update for the Pixel 4a budget phone. While the company anticipated a "shorter" battery life after the ...
In the announcement, Google spoke of an update to "improve the battery performance of the Google Pixel 4a" because it had been determined that some devices "require battery performance stabilization".
Google released an update that devastated Pixel 4a batteries with its Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program, and now a similar update has the Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 squarely in its sights.
In January 2025, Google initiated the “Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program,” releasing an Android update aimed at enhancing battery stability. However, this update led to reduced battery ...