Google's Latest Software Update for Pixel 4a Raises Concerns Among Users

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Google's Latest Software Update for Pixel 4a Raises Concerns Among Users

Google Pixel 4a | Image credit — PhoneArena
Earlier this year, Google released a software update for the Pixel 4a that significantly impacted the device's battery capacity, causing frustration among users. Despite efforts to avoid the update, some users have reported that their devices were automatically updated without their consent, prompting a notification to replace the phone's battery.

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Is Google simply killing the Pixel 4a?

surprising update for the Pixel 4a, which reduced the battery capacity of some devices by half. Along with the update, the company announced that it’ll offer free battery replacement for the impacted devices.pissed people off, and they tried to reverse it. Google made that very difficult by removing older firmware builds from its repositories, which limited the options for a rollback. However, users did their best to avoid the update and used various techniques, including the Developer Option limiting automatic updates.
Google Pixel 4a | Image credit — PhoneArena
solid reason to act the way it did, and it was not all about planned obsolescence. In fact, the Pixel 4 battery had overheating issues, which could potentially lead to fires or burns. So, the update was an attempt from Google to mitigate the risk.
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