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

G oogle'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 ...

Hector Martin, a developer at Asahi Linux, discovered that the aforementioned update lowered the maximum charge voltage of ...

Google’s Pixel 4a battery update is a disaster, causing crazy battery drain for many users. The update also wiped older firmware, leaving no way to roll back to the previous version. Google has ...

The Google Pixel 4a battery update, which made many devices unusable, hides even more than we thought — and we know everything.

Earlier this month, Google published a detailed document explaining the Pixel 4a software update to Android 13. The company says that some people are experiencing a degradation in the battery's ...

At the start of 2025, Google announced a Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program with a new Android 13 OTA update, free battery replacement, and/or appeasement option. As part of this, Google has ...

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, ...

The Pixel 4a’s battery program made some batteries worse, and now Google has scrapped older updates. You either get a new device or replace your battery. Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain ...

An examination of the Pixel 4a's unexpected battery care update raises more interesting questions.

Earlier this month, Google surprised Pixel 4a owners with an update that reduced the phone’s battery life. Now, the company has pulled older versions of the Pixel 4a software, preventing people from ...

The Google Pixel 4a is a mid-range smartphone that was released in 2020 at a time when Google was only promising to deliver software and security updates for three years. But earlier this month ...