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 removed ...
A security hacker and developer has investigated what went wrong with the Pixel 4a’s battery capacity. It looks like Google’s latest update specifically lowers the battery voltage on the Pixel 4a. The ...
Over a year after software support ended, Google has a new update coming for the Pixel 4a. While the update is intended to improve battery performance, on some hardware Google expects it to have the ...
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 ...
Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. A recent software update meant to stabilize ...
A few months after it first started rolling out, Google is now pushing the Pixel 4a battery update on users who had previously avoided it. Later, it was revealed that the drastic measures were due to ...
Google launched the Pixel 4a in 2020 as the most affordable model in the Pixel 4 series. The device stood out for its great price-to-performance ratio, long-term support, and good camera quality. The ...
Google didn’t explain exactly why it shipped a mandatory software update to the Pixel 4a, an Android phone from 2020, earlier this year. The nature of that update, which gave some models all but ...
Google’s Pixel phones have grown from a curiosity to become some of the best smartphones you can buy, featuring excellent cameras and lengthy support. Unfortunately, they are also gaining a reputation ...