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Google has confirmed that it will reduce the Pixel 10 line's battery life and charging speed over time to 'stabilize' battery performance.

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[-] brian@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago

did you read it? apple throttled device performance. google is throttling charging speed and battery capacity for safety reasons. there are literally phones melting. also, battery capacity is something people assume will go down over time. also they're giving clear notifications when people are affected.

it's not really the same, and definitely not worse

[-] evujumenuk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Apple throttled (and continues to throttle) device performance because going full power draw on a battery with higher than specified internal resistance will just end in a device shutdown.

They do this once there's a first unexplained shutdown. So that takes your actual battery health into account. In contrast, Google says "200 charges should be enough for anybody" and imposes its policy no matter what your actual battery looks like.

[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can turn off the throttling on iOS in Settings > Battery > Battery Health (option shows up when your battery has degraded).

[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

phones melting

Yeah, that’s worse.

[-] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago

I agree. Build your phone to not melt, and don't force degradation on the consumer in the name of "safety".

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