This New Pixel 10 Battery Feature Is Stirring Up Controversy - Here's Why

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• The Pixel 10 lineup has a arguable artillery wellness feature.
• Users don't person nan action to move it off.
• The characteristic limits your phone's artillery capacity complete time.

If you're a Google Pixel 10 bid telephone owner, a mandatory characteristic will limit your device's artillery life. Whether that's a bully point aliases not depends connected really you attack it.

Earlier this year, Google introduced a Battery Health Assistance characteristic for nan Pixel 9a. Since lithium-ion batteries degrade complete time, Google explained successful a support page dedicated to nan feature, it's really beneficial for your artillery to limit its capacity erstwhile it hits a definite number of charging cycles. 

This intends that, complete time, your telephone will person a small shorter artillery life each time and slower charging successful return for a longer lifespan overall. 

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Speaking to Android Authority, Google confirmed that nan Pixel 10 comes pinch this characteristic built in. This includes each telephone successful nan lineup -- nan Pixel 10, nan Pixel 10 Pro, and nan Pixel 10 Pro Fold. And for illustration nan 9a, you don't person nan action to move it off.

Battery Health Assistance starts lowering your phone's voltage astatine 200 complaint cycles (or only astir 7 months if you complaint each day), Google said, and continues until 1000 complaint cycles.

Google hasn't precisely had a stellar history pinch its instrumentality batteries. The 7a had issues truthful important that Google offered to switch them for free, and nan 6a had respective reported fires. 

Why Battery Health Assistance isn't correct for immoderate people

The problem present is nan deficiency of choice. Most group will deed 200 complaint cycles successful little than a twelvemonth of use. For those who upgrade their telephone each different twelvemonth aliases so, they'd beryllium getting a caller 1 anyhow by nan clip their instrumentality has noticeable artillery degradation without this feature. They'd apt alternatively conscionable rotation pinch nan "better now but worse later" option. But Google doesn't springiness them that option. Beyond that, location are steps you tin return to prolong your Pixel's artillery life. 

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You tin spot if your phone's artillery is constricted by going to Settings > Battery > Battery health. You tin cheque your artillery rhythm count by going to Settings > About telephone > Battery information. 

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