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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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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pretty disappointed with Google dropping support of their own products like this.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

They literally sold the 8 on the promise of 8 years of support

[–] 7empest@beehaw.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The cycle of planned obsolescnce continues

[–] nosebleed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Been really happy with support and updates from Graphene. Pretty simple nontechnical installation most users are capable of and no dodgy rooting/unlocking required. All supported officially with pixel line of phones. My banking apps etc all work fine because of this.

[–] 7empest@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am buying a second hand 6a tomorrow, and was thinking of installing graphene or lineageos on it.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] 7empest@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah the 6a will be my spare to my 7 pro

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

I'm still rocking my pixel 5 because it works and the battery lasts me a full day if not more. I should probably look at loading graphene onto it.