Google confirms its battery health feature won't come to older Pixel phones. Find out which devices will get it and which ones miss out.

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.
  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    If they hadn’t thought of the idea until say a year ago then it’s not like they can go back in time or recall everyone’s phones to install a piece of hardware

    • limerod@reddthat.comOPMEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      They have been working on the battery health feature for a time. Android 14 brought the charge counter to supported phones. It would be unreasonable to say they did not know.

      • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Without knowing what these “product limitations” actually are then I think we’re just arguing hypotheticals