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Google Pixel 4a’s painful “update” was due to battery overheating risk

The Google Pixel 4a experienced a software update that made some devices unable to hold a charge for more than 30 minutes.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission issued a recall notice on March 7, stating some Pixel 4a units risk fire due to overheating batteries.
Not all Pixel 4a devices are affected, and the January software update will not impact battery performance for unaffected units.
Google decided to limit the battery capacity in affected devices instead of risking potential fire hazards.

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Ars Technica: Google Pixel 4a’s painful “update” was due to battery overheating risk | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Ars Technica: Google Pixel 4a’s painful “update” was due to battery overheating risk. “Google didn’t explain exactly why it shipped a mandatory software update to the Pixel 4a, an Android phone from 2020, earlier this year. The nature of that update, which gave some models all but unusable battery life, provided some clues, as did later software analysis. But now, Australian authorities have provided a more concrete answer: battery overheating a…

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