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Current and former Pixel users condemn this program and compared it with Apple's "Batterygate" and the Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program, saying that Battery Health Assistance is "worse", a "fancy name for planned obsolescence"<ref>{{Cite web |title=This is worse than Apple |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1jp883q/google_will_gradually_reduce_pixel_9a_battery/ml6m0y7/?context=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405011000/https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1jp883q/google_will_gradually_reduce_pixel_9a_battery/ml6m0y7/?context=3 |archive-date=5 Apr 2025 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 Apr 2025 |title=Pixel reducing battery capacity after 200 charge cycles |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1k0r54v/pixel_reducing_battery_capacity_after_200_charge/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616031438/https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1k0r54v/pixel_reducing_battery_capacity_after_200_charge/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2025 |access-date=16 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>. and the Pixel 4a incident is a "preview"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 Apr 2025 |title=Pixel 9a will have battery "optimised" after 200 cycles |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Pixel4a/comments/1jpk1db/pixel_9a_will_have_battery_optimised_after_200/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>

Users also find the wording of the support article on Google's website vague and lack of self-consistency,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Apr 2024 |title=So they want to reduce the wear out of the battery by... doing exactly the same? What's logic behind this? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1jp883q/comment/mkzu6lc/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> saying the Google will "cause the thing they are supposedly trying to prevent"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 Apr 2025 |title=Deliberate weakening after only 200 charging cycles: Google Pixel 9a limits battery voltage according to a planned schedule |url=https://www.notebookchat.com/index.php?topic=225600.msg645716#msg645716 |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=NotebookCHECK - Notebook Forum}}</ref>, forcing the user to replace the phone sooner that what would "naturally" happen.

Users also find the wording of the support article on Google's website vague and lack of self-consistency,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Apr 2024 |title=So they want to reduce the wear out of the battery by... doing exactly the same? What's logic behind this? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1jp883q/comment/mkzu6lc/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> saying the Google will "cause the thing they are supposedly trying to prevent"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 Apr 2025 |title=Deliberate weakening after only 200 charging cycles: Google Pixel 9a limits battery voltage according to a planned schedule |url=https://www.notebookchat.com/index.php?topic=225600.msg645716#msg645716 |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=NotebookCHECK - Notebook Forum}}</ref>, forcing the user to replace the phone sooner that what would "naturally" happen<ref name=":6" />.

Users report shorter runtime<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 Jun 2025 |title=Absolutely disappointed with Google and their latest updates including A16 |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1lb4i26/absolutely_disappointed_with_google_and_their/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616034347/https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1lb4i26/absolutely_disappointed_with_google_and_their/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2025 |access-date=16 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>, slower charging speed<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 Jun 2025 |title=Did you notice that Battery optimization feature is the one that is forced on P9a? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/comments/1laiiok/did_you_notice_that_battery_optimization_feature/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616040147/https://old.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/comments/1laiiok/did_you_notice_that_battery_optimization_feature/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2025 |access-date=16 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> and lower battery health<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 Jun 2025 |title=Is this how Battery Health function of A16 works ? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/comments/1lb38ll/is_this_how_battery_health_function_of_a16_works/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616040252/https://old.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/comments/1lb38ll/is_this_how_battery_health_function_of_a16_works/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2025 |access-date=16 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> after updating to Android 16. The "slight" change in battery charging performance is much more significant. The battery health can be increased back to pre-update condition by switching off Battery Health Assistance.

There's an ongoing discussion of whether using a custom ROM like Graphene OS can bypass Battery Health Assistance, which depends on whether this anti-feature works on software or firmware level. If Battery Health Assistance is baked into the firmware of Pixel 10 and later, a custom ROM will not work<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Aug 2025 |title=Google will throttle your Pixel 10's battery, and there's nothing you can do about it |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1mxgmq9/google_will_throttle_your_pixel_10s_battery_and/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250907084717/https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1mxgmq9/google_will_throttle_your_pixel_10s_battery_and/ |archive-date=7 Sep 2025 |access-date=7 Sep 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>.

There's an ongoing discussion of whether using a custom ROM like Graphene OS can bypass Battery Health Assistance, which depends on whether this anti-feature works on software or firmware level. If Battery Health Assistance is baked into the firmware of Pixel 10 and later, a custom ROM will not work<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=22 Aug 2025 |title=Google will throttle your Pixel 10's battery, and there's nothing you can do about it |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1mxgmq9/google_will_throttle_your_pixel_10s_battery_and/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250907084717/https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1mxgmq9/google_will_throttle_your_pixel_10s_battery_and/ |archive-date=7 Sep 2025 |access-date=7 Sep 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>.

==References==

[[Category:Google Pixel 9a]]

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 Current and former Pixel users condemn this program and compared it with Apple's "Batterygate" and the Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program, saying that Battery Health Assistance is "worse", a "fancy name for planned obsolescence"<ref>{{Cite web |title=This is worse than Apple |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1jp883q/google_will_gradually_reduce_pixel_9a_battery/ml6m0y7/?context=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405011000/https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1jp883q/google_will_gradually_reduce_pixel_9a_battery/ml6m0y7/?context=3 |archive-date=5 Apr 2025 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 Apr 2025 |title=Pixel reducing battery capacity after 200 charge cycles |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1k0r54v/pixel_reducing_battery_capacity_after_200_charge/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616031438/https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1k0r54v/pixel_reducing_battery_capacity_after_200_charge/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2025 |access-date=16 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>. and the Pixel 4a incident is a "preview"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 Apr 2025 |title=Pixel 9a will have battery "optimised" after 200 cycles |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Pixel4a/comments/1jpk1db/pixel_9a_will_have_battery_optimised_after_200/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>
-Users also find the wording of the support article on Google's website vague and lack of self-consistency,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Apr 2024 |title=So they want to reduce the wear out of the battery by... doing exactly the same? What's logic behind this? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1jp883q/comment/mkzu6lc/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> saying the Google will "cause the thing they are supposedly trying to prevent"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 Apr 2025 |title=Deliberate weakening after only 200 charging cycles: Google Pixel 9a limits battery voltage according to a planned schedule |url=https://www.notebookchat.com/index.php?topic=225600.msg645716#msg645716 |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=NotebookCHECK - Notebook Forum}}</ref>, forcing the user to replace the phone sooner that what would "naturally" happen.
+Users also find the wording of the support article on Google's website vague and lack of self-consistency,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Apr 2024 |title=So they want to reduce the wear out of the battery by... doing exactly the same? What's logic behind this? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1jp883q/comment/mkzu6lc/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2 Apr 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> saying the Google will "cause the thing they are supposedly trying to prevent"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 Apr 2025 |title=Deliberate weakening after only 200 charging cycles: Google Pixel 9a limits battery voltage according to a planned schedule |url=https://www.notebookchat.com/index.php?topic=225600.msg645716#msg645716 |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=NotebookCHECK - Notebook Forum}}</ref>, forcing the user to replace the phone sooner that what would "naturally" happen<ref name=":6" />.
 Users report shorter runtime<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 Jun 2025 |title=Absolutely disappointed with Google and their latest updates including A16 |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1lb4i26/absolutely_disappointed_with_google_and_their/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616034347/https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1lb4i26/absolutely_disappointed_with_google_and_their/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2025 |access-date=16 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>, slower charging speed<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 Jun 2025 |title=Did you notice that Battery optimization feature is the one that is forced on P9a? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/comments/1laiiok/did_you_notice_that_battery_optimization_feature/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616040147/https://old.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/comments/1laiiok/did_you_notice_that_battery_optimization_feature/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2025 |access-date=16 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> and lower battery health<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 Jun 2025 |title=Is this how Battery Health function of A16 works ? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/comments/1lb38ll/is_this_how_battery_health_function_of_a16_works/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616040252/https://old.reddit.com/r/pixel_phones/comments/1lb38ll/is_this_how_battery_health_function_of_a16_works/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2025 |access-date=16 Jun 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> after updating to Android 16. The "slight" change in battery charging performance is much more significant. The battery health can be increased back to pre-update condition by switching off Battery Health Assistance.
-There's an ongoing discussion of whether using a custom ROM like Graphene OS can bypass Battery Health Assistance, which depends on whether this anti-feature works on software or firmware level. If Battery Health Assistance is baked into the firmware of Pixel 10 and later, a custom ROM will not work<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Aug 2025 |title=Google will throttle your Pixel 10's battery, and there's nothing you can do about it |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1mxgmq9/google_will_throttle_your_pixel_10s_battery_and/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250907084717/https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1mxgmq9/google_will_throttle_your_pixel_10s_battery_and/ |archive-date=7 Sep 2025 |access-date=7 Sep 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>.
+There's an ongoing discussion of whether using a custom ROM like Graphene OS can bypass Battery Health Assistance, which depends on whether this anti-feature works on software or firmware level. If Battery Health Assistance is baked into the firmware of Pixel 10 and later, a custom ROM will not work<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=22 Aug 2025 |title=Google will throttle your Pixel 10's battery, and there's nothing you can do about it |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1mxgmq9/google_will_throttle_your_pixel_10s_battery_and/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250907084717/https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1mxgmq9/google_will_throttle_your_pixel_10s_battery_and/ |archive-date=7 Sep 2025 |access-date=7 Sep 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>.
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Google Pixel 9a]]