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Google leaves older Pixels behind for Android's long-awaited Battery Health menu (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/android@lemdro.id
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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.
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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty disappointed with Google dropping support of their own products like this.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The cycle of planned obsolescnce continues

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

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

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