Google Claims Pixel Battery Drain Fix, Users Still Skeptical
Google says a July patch fixed the idle drain on Pixel 9 and 10 phones, while Pixel 8a and 9a are due for a September update.
- Google announced this week that the July Pixel update resolves a battery drain issue affecting Pixel 9 and 10 series devices, officially labeling the bug "Severe Idle Drain."
- The bug emerged after the March 2026 Pixel Feature Drop, preventing devices from entering Deep Doze, an Android power-saving mode designed to throttle background activity when phones sit unused.
- First acknowledged in April, the bug drew nearly 600 comments on the Google Issue Tracker and affected every Pixel device built on the Tensor chip, from Pixel 6 through the 10 series.
- Despite the update, some users report the battery drain persists, and skeptics noted that Google's official July release notes lacked explicit mention of the battery fix.
- Google expects to release a similar patch for Pixel 8a and 9a devices in September, though the company has not indicated if or when a fix will arrive for Pixel 7 and 8 series.
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Some time ago many users had reported to Google abnormal battery consumption problems on their Pixel phones even staying at rest, a failure that of course was recognized very soon from Mountain View promising a patch-shaped solution that was distributed a couple of days ago. Sundar Pichai’s own company had closed even the support tickets on its IssueTracker, which was perhaps done too quickly, as many users claim that the abnormal consumption in…
A persistent error has been sucking the batteries of many pixel smartphones in the sleep state for months. Now the manufacturer reports the problem as fixed and delivers an update. However, many affected users object to the display. (Continue reading)
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