A mess of its own making: Google nerfs second Pixel phone battery this year People don't upgrade phones every year anymore—longevity matters.

Google just forced some Pixel 4a holdouts to finally install their battery-nerfing update Google makes its controversial battery-limiting update impossible to avoid.

A few months after it first started rolling out, Google is now pushing the Pixel 4a battery update on users who had previously avoided it. Later, it was revealed that the drastic measures were due ...

Google made the battery update it released for the Pixel 4a models in January mandatory for all. Here are the details.

Google’s fix for the Pixel 4a also resulted in an update that throttled the phone’s battery life. In both cases, a free battery replacement, or money towards a new phone, was offered.

We've seen a wave of mid-range Pixel phones suffering from battery defects, and surveys show Google really needs to pull up its socks.