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The Google Pixel 4a is an Android smartphone designed, developed and marketed by [[Google]]. It was released on August 20, 2020, and reached its end of support on August 5, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pixel 4a end of life date |url=https://endoflife.date/pixel |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=endoflife.date |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260220223603/https://endoflife.date/pixel |archive-date=20 Feb 2026}}</ref> On January 6, 2025, Google announced its Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program to users:<blockquote>"Google has determined that certain Pixel 4a phones require a software update to improve the stability of their battery's performance. An automatic update to Android 13 will roll out to all Pixel 4a devices starting January 8, 2025. For some devices ("Impacted Devices"), '''the software update reduces available battery capacity and impacts charging performance.''' [...] users of these Impacted Devices are eligible for an appeasement from Google."''<ref name=":0">https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250107002112/https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861 Archived])</ref>''<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Jan 2025 |title=Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program |url=https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107002112/https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861 |archive-date=7 Jan 2025 |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=[[Google]]}}</ref>

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Compensation was no longer available after January 6, 2026.<ref name=":0" />

===Free battery replacement issues===

Any free battery placement is automatically rejected if there is the slightest blemish on the phone due to what Google calls "a user damaged phone". The Pixel 4a had been out for a long time before the update, essentially rendering the free battery replacement completely unusable.

===Payment-processing issues===

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 The Google Pixel 4a is an Android smartphone designed, developed and marketed by [[Google]]. It was released on August 20, 2020, and reached its end of support on August 5, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pixel 4a end of life date |url=https://endoflife.date/pixel |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=endoflife.date |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260220223603/https://endoflife.date/pixel |archive-date=20 Feb 2026}}</ref> On January 6, 2025, Google announced its Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program to users:<blockquote>"Google has determined that certain Pixel 4a phones require a software update to improve the stability of their battery's performance. An automatic update to Android 13 will roll out to all Pixel 4a devices starting January 8, 2025. For some devices ("Impacted Devices"), '''the software update reduces available battery capacity and impacts charging performance.''' [...] users of these Impacted Devices are eligible for an appeasement from Google."''<ref name=":0">https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250107002112/https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861 Archived])</ref>''<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Jan 2025 |title=Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program |url=https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107002112/https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861 |archive-date=7 Jan 2025 |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=[[Google]]}}</ref>
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 Compensation was no longer available after January 6, 2026.<ref name=":0" />
+===Free battery replacement issues===
+Any free battery placement is automatically rejected if there is the slightest blemish on the phone due to what Google calls "a user damaged phone". The Pixel 4a had been out for a long time before the update, essentially rendering the free battery replacement completely unusable.
 ===Payment-processing issues===