With Pixel 9A, Google offers a new function called “optimization of battery status” to increase the lifetime of the devices. For this purpose, the maximum voltage of the battery is reduced over time.
Thanks to the expanded update guarantee, the smartphone can be used long and long. For example, Google and Samsung, as well as honors, promise Android versions and patch for seven years for some devices. So that the battery -like consumption materials can be placed, Google establishes a “optimization of battery status” on its own pixel devices.
Pixel 9A first: Google reduces battery stress after 200 charging cycles“Battery position optimization” on Pixel 9A is not deactivated
According to Google, the first device to receive the new battery-saved function is the budget model Pixel 9A, which will be released on 14 April. Cordless function-“Battery Health Assistance”-should not be inactive on new smartphones on new smartphones.
Google explains in one Assistant documentThe fact is that the function should help maintain battery health even in the progressive device era. The manufacturer also writes that the maximum voltage of the battery from 200 charging cycles should be adjusted in stages. To stabilize battery power and age, this adjustment is to be slowly continued to 1,000 charging bicycles.
In addition, the function helps to coordinate the charging speed of the smartphone based on customized capacity. According to Google, adjustment of voltage leads to “a slight decrease in battery life with the increasing age of the battery”.
The charging capacity also changes easily, so the manufacturer does not provide further specific information. This software adaptation is not completely new: Google had already released an update for Pixel 4A published in 2020 in January 2025, which is due to protecting from an overheating risk. However, the capacity of the pixel battery was approximately half, which according to the software developer Hector Martin, should clearly belong to the faulty batch of the battery.
Google is not the first company that brings such a wireless work on the smartphone. Apple introduced a similar performance management for the iPhone some time ago.
Old pixel models also get battery shelter function-but optional
Pixel 9A will also not be the only device to be equipped with battery optimization software. Like google 9to5 compared to Google The convenience by the update says that some old pixel devices should also land.
Unlike 9A, the owner of an old pixel model can turn the function at the request at the request.
Google recommends changing the battery after a certain period of time
In its support document, Google also expresses recommendations for the exchange of batteries. For example, 3 to 8 Pro and Pixel folds should exchange batteries if the remaining capacity is less than 80 percent or reach 800 charging bicycles. In a new model from Pixel 8A, a new battery is recommended for 80 percent or less than 1,000 cycles.
According to the manufacturer, a new battery improves the performance of the smartphone at low and high environment temperatures. In addition, battery life has been enhanced and you can also increase the life of the smartphone.
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