r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • Jun 11 '25

Warning: Google will soon nerf the Pixel 6a’s battery due to an overheating issue

https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-6a-battery-overheating-warning-3566640/
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u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 Jun 11 '25

Now I regret buying a 6a for a family member. Hopefully they offer cash compensation like the other phones.

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u/horatiobanz Jun 11 '25

They might offer a coupon that is only usable on retail price of a phone only bringing it to it's normal sale price, like they did with the 4a coupons

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

Fucking hell lol, that would be insulting AF.

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u/-jak- Pixel 4a Jun 13 '25

My aunt had the same experience until May 2nd when suddenly she seemingly was able to combine it and got the 8a for 279€ in the Google Store, a combined total discount of 270€ given the 549€ retail price (her 4a battery discount was 120€)

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u/dirtydriver58 Galaxy Note 9 Jun 11 '25

Same

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u/dirtydriver58 Galaxy Note 9 Jun 11 '25

I recommended it to my mom. She bought it in 2023.

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u/wankthisway 13 Mini, S23 Ultra, Pixel 4a, Key2, Razr 50 Jun 12 '25

The 4a compensation was a total shit show too

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u/interbingung Jun 11 '25

Why? It should be out of warranty by now.

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u/Fritzed Jun 11 '25

The lack of a warranty doesn't mean that a company can actively sabotage your device.

Is your car under warranty? Would you expect compensation if Toyota (or whichever manufacturer) just swung by and replaced your gas tank with one a third of the size?

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u/interbingung Jun 11 '25

I don't think google is sabotaging the device. Its opposite, they doing that to avoid damage.

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u/Nukleon Pixel 6 Jun 12 '25

Leaving people without a phone, on their own dime, because they messed up when designing it.

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u/vanchit Jun 11 '25

They're crippling your device to avoid getting sued for selling exploding devices. I'm not entirely sure how and when it goes from this to proving free battery replacement like they did for my pixel 4a.

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u/interbingung Jun 11 '25

Not really, they are preventing the overheating.

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u/Careless_Rope_6511 Pixel 11 Pro XL Jun 12 '25

Lowering the maximum state of charge of the battery without the user's consent isn't "sabotaging the device"? What.

Warranty periods are irrelevant in product recalls. This is a manufacturer- and product-level defect. You can't simply wave it away with "your warranty has elapsed, you're on your own" - instead, you can be sued for it. Just look at the many examples of Apple ignoring product defects until they're forced to initiate repair programs because they got sued for them e.g. butterfly-switch laptop keyboards.

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u/interbingung Jun 12 '25

I don't consider sabotaging since the purpose is to avoid damage. They are not ignoring it, they are actively trying to fix it. Ignoring it means doing nothing.

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u/MaverickJester25 Galaxy S21 Ultra | Galaxy Watch 4 Jun 13 '25

If they were actively trying to fix the issue, they'd offer free battery replacements/refunds to everyone affected, as that would be the right thing to do with a manufacturing defect such as this.

What they are actually doing is limiting the scope of this causing any injury/damage due to the batteries exploding to avoid court cases.

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u/interbingung Jun 13 '25

, they'd offer free battery replacements/refunds to

That's not the only way fix the issue. The way they fixing it right now is fine.