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.
  • fayoh@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I bought the 8 pro in part for the promise of 7 years of updates. 😕

    I understand not everything can come to old phones, maybe it depends on a battery management system feature that is missing in the 8 hw? Otherwise I’m disappointed for sure.

    Edit: the missing hw was already in the comments… Read all comments before saying something 🤦‍♂️