As previewed earlier this year, Google is getting ready to add a “Battery health assistance” setting to help long-term Pixel usage.
Advertisement – scroll for more content Ultimately, Battery health assistance will result in “small decreases in your battery’s runtime as your battery ages.” The first device to get this is the Pixel 9a, with “Battery health assistance settings” enabled by default.
Google told us in March that Battery health assistance is coming to “previously launched devices” as an optional setting.
This is what users will see when it’s enabled by default (Pixel 9a+): Battery health assistance helps manage long term battery health and performance.
For older devices, there will be an on/off settings toggle called “Use battery health assistance,” with Google positioning it to users as such:
Google is preparing to implement a “Battery health assistance” setting to support long-term Pixel usage, as was hinted at earlier this year.
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In order to prolong device usability, this software feature is designed to “help maintain battery health” and performance as the battery ages. In particular, to help stabilize battery performance and aging, your Pixel will gradually raise or lower the battery’s maximum voltage in steps beginning at 200 charge cycles and continuing until 1000 charge cycles. Google will also “tune the phone’s charging speed based on adjusted capacity.”. “”.
(Retaining up to 80 percent capacity for approximately 1000 charge cycles is the official design of the Pixel 8a and later models. This represents a rise from the Pixel 3a to 8 Pro’s “up to 80 percent capacity for about 800 charge cycles.”. ).
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“Small decreases in your battery’s runtime as your battery ages” is the ultimate outcome of battery health assistance. “.”.
The Pixel 9a is the first to receive this, and by default, “Battery health assistance settings” are enabled. It cannot be turned off by users. Future devices are likely to have this feature.
In March, Google announced that battery health support would be available as an optional setting on “previously launched devices.”.
1.1 is the most recent version. Strings describing Battery health assistance are included in the Settings Service (0.760434021 via the Play Store). Users who have it enabled by default (Pixel 9a+) will see this.
Battery health assistance aids in maintaining the performance and long-term health of batteries. You might observe minor variations in charging efficiency and battery capacity as your battery ages. Batteries are consumable parts that deteriorate with time and have a shorter charge interval. Older batteries with lower capacity should be replaced.
For older devices, Google will position the “Use battery health assistance” on/off settings toggle for users to use.
To help manage the performance and long-term health of your battery, turn on battery health assistance.
The Battery health assistance setting is not yet visible in Settings > Battery as of Android 16 Beta 4.1 and QPR1 Beta 1. Whether this will be enabled by the next stable release or by a different update later this year is still up in the air.
The Pixel 8a and later should be able to see the battery health percentage in the first Android 16 update. (A bug has made it “Unsupported” on 16 QPR1 Beta 1. ).
