Google confirms its battery health feature won't come to older Pixel phones. Find out which devices will get it and which ones miss out.

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.
  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    I run 5’s with Lineage. Because they’re so cheap I have 3, one for testing, one as a hot spare.

    Still cost less than a new phone.