A developer has investigated the update of death that led to the drastic battery downgrade of the Pixel 4a. Here's what he ...

Hector Martin, a developer at Asahi Linux, discovered that the aforementioned update lowered the maximum charge voltage of the battery (the findings were published in a post that was since deleted).

The Pixel 3 series keeps up Google's fish-codename tradition, but less straightforwardly. The Pixel 3 was codenamed Blueline, ...

Pixel 4a's surprise battery update is causing severe battery drain. Now, Google has removed older firmware, so you can't downgrade.

The Pixel 4a was an excellent phone when it debuted in 2020 and had dedicated fans until Google discontinued it last year. Google hadn't offered a software update for the device since 2023 but ...

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 Pixel 4a was a great phone back when it came out, and it got significantly more praise than its bigger siblings, the Pixel 4 and the Pixel 4 XL. The phone was updated to Android 13 back ...

Google called this the “Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program”, which the company claims will improve the stability of the phone’s battery. However, Google also warned that the update could ...

To catch you up, Google released an update for 2020’s Pixel 4a, and it really destroyed the user experience. For some reason, the update had a huge impact on the phone’s battery life.

ANDROID users have slammed an update which allegedly has left some devices unable to hold charge for “more than an hour”. ...

The factory reset step ensures that strangers can't access all the data on your unlocked phone. How to check if your Pixel 4a is impacted Google calls affected Pixel 4a "Impacted Devices." ...