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1w ago

Google leaves older Pixels behind for Android's long-awaited Battery Health menu

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Google leaves older Pixels behind for Android's long-awaited Battery Health menu

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.

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Interesting that the 8a will get this feature. But, pixel 8 and 8 pro won't.
- The 8 isn't even two years old.
- Pretty disappointed with Google dropping support of their own products like this.
  
  The cycle of planned obsolescnce continues
  
  They literally sold the 8 on the promise of 8 years of support
- I bought the 8 pro in part for the promise of 7 years of updates. 😕
  I understand not everything can come to old phones, maybe it depends on a battery management system feature that is missing in the 8 hw? Otherwise I'm disappointed for sure.
  Edit: the missing hw was already in the comments.... Read all comments before saying something 🤦‍♂️
- @limerod apparently it is a hardware limited feature. The original 8 doesn't have it
  
  Maybe, google should've included the necessary hardware if it was going to bring the feature to pixel down the line. 7 yrs of updates with missing features does not inspire confidence in them.

Is this different from battery information?
On my LineageOS Xiaomi 12 Pro

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