- Some Pixel owners report that their batteries drain very quickly
- This appears to be due to a bug introduced in a March update, which affects Deep Doze.
- Unfortunately there is no solution yet
Since the March Google Pixel update, some users have been experiencing a serious battery bug with their phone, and this was not fixed in the April Pixel update and currently has no other fixes either.
As spotted by Android Police, threads on Reddit and Google support forums are complaining about the issue, and it appears to affect a wide variety of phones, from the Pixel 7 to the Google Pixel 10 series.
There aren’t a huge number of reports, so thankfully it may not be widespread, but it appears to be a major problem for those affected, with one Reddit poster claiming they “now have to charge.” [their Pixel phone] 2 to 3 times a day. ยป
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This is a serious problem, especially if you’re out with your phone all day, because you can no longer rely on it to survive until you get home or somewhere you can charge it.
A mode you probably haven’t heard of wouldn’t work
But even though there’s no fix yet, OddAtmosphere1793 on Reddit found a possible explanation for the bug. They claim to have discovered that a firmware bug is preventing their Pixel from entering Deep Doze, a mode that should automatically trigger when the phone is idle to reduce performance and background activities, in order to save battery life.
The good news is that they’ve posted the bug on Google’s Issue Tracker and are encouraging anyone affected to hit the “+1” button, so Google engineers will see it and hopefully prioritize a fix.
In the meantime, we have a guide to increasing your Android phone’s battery life, so you might want to try some of these ideas as a stopgap solution.
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