A Reddit user spotted that the only available Android image for Pixel 4A phones is this month’s mandatory update Google issued to address unspecified battery problems, reports 9to5Google.

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 is among Google's oldest smartphones still in circulation today ... Devices are eligible for an appeasement from Google. Image: Google Google then offered users a free battery ...

Google began installing the new Android version on smartphones on January 8 ... all Pixel and even old Nexus devices. For the Pixel 4a, all images, except for the current version, have been ...

Android Authority reports that Google doesn’t usually remove older firmware unless there’s a significant issue, suggesting there must be something bigger going on to warrant the removal of old Pixel ...

The Google Pixel 4a battery update does even more than we ... 56% of the charge before the update (which is also marked on the image above)! The kernel patch Google applied also changes the ...

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, ...

In early 2025, Google launched a new Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program. This program includes an Android 13 update, free battery replacements, and financial compensation options. However ...