Reports of overheating and on-fire Pixel 6a smartphones are hitting the internet, and Google's response is equal parts ...

If you have an "impacted" Pixel 6a — one Google has deemed at risk of potentially dangerous battery failure — the Android 16 ...

Google recently released an update for Pixel 6a, to reduce the risk of these phones catching fire. That doesn't seem to have ...

A new Pixel 6a caught fire, even after Google released a crippling software update intended to limit the device's lithium-ion ...

Google made the battery update it released for the Pixel 4a models in January mandatory for all. Here are the details.

There used to be a trick to avoid Google's mandatory Pixel 4a battery-limiting update. Emphasis on the "used to." ...

Google's update to affected Pixel 4a devices drastically reduced their charging potential, essentially by half. One Ars staffer saw their Pixel 4a battery life drop to less than two hours on a ...

Google's " Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program," announced in early January, told owners that an automatic update would, for some "Impacted Devices," reduce their battery's runtime and charging ...

In this case, Google is also offering owners with affected 4A devices their choice of compensation: They can opt for a free battery swap, a $50 payday, or a $100 credit toward a new Pixel phone ...

Original 1/6: The Pixel 4a stopped receiving monthly updates in August of 2023. Google is rolling this new OTA, which is still based on Android 13, starting on January 8, 2025.

Google has more information on how to take advantage of those “appeasement options” on the support page for the Pixel 4a software update and says it will continue to offer those three options ...