Warning: Google would soon finish the battery in the 6a pixel due to an overheating problem

Update, June 11, 2025 (4:51 p.m. He): A Google spokesperson shared the following statement with Android authority::

A subset of Pixel 6A phones will require a compulsory software update to reduce the risk of potential drums of the battery. The update will allow battery management features which will reduce capacity and load performance after the battery reaches 400 charging cycles. We will contact customers hit next month, with all the information they need to resolve the problem.

This declaration confirms that Google will soon make a compulsory software update to “a subset of Pixel 6A phones” in order to “reduce the risk of potential battery overheating”. This update “will allow battery management features” which “will reduce capacity and load performance” once the battery reaches 400 charging cycles. The company will contact Pixel 6A impacted users next month with “all the information they need to resolve the problem”.

Original article, June 11, 2025 (2:05 p.m. He): The A Pixel A series of Google offers some of the best money reports among Android phones. The line really reached its stride with the 6A Pixel in July 2022, which brought the Google flagship tensor processor at a mid -range price – a trend that continues today. While many people still keep their 6a pixel, which will receive software support until July 2027, it may be time to consider an upgrade, because Google now warns of a potential problem of drums with the device.

We sometimes hear about the smartphones that set fire or exploding. Although they are often isolated incidents, they sometimes indicate a more common and more widespread fundamental defect in the device itself. This was the case for Pixel 4A, which also suffered from drum overheating, forcing Google to publish an update that strangled the performance of the device to mitigate the danger.

The problem with the Pixel 4A was so serious that Google offered free battery replacements or cash compensation to affected users. Australian authorities have even published a reminder for the apparatus, with the country’s competition and consumption committee warning that “an overheating battery could have a risk of fire and / or burns to a user”.

Now it seems that the same problem can affect Pixel 6A. During the last month, we spotted two distinct instances of the device that took fire – one in May and another last week. A Reddit user and a Android authority Reader has both shared the horrible photos of their melted Pixel phones separately, painting a living image of what can happen when a battery overheated in a critical way.

At first, we did not know if they were only isolated incidents. However, taking into account the recent history of Google with battery problems on the Pixel 4A and the Pixel 7A, we were concerned. Unfortunately, our fears seem to be confirmed by a new text found in the latest beta version of Android 16.

Hidden in the parameter application of the Android version 16 QPR1 BETA 2 is a warning for Pixel 6A users on a “potential battery overheating problem”. The alert, which appears after the battery reaches 375 charging cycles, indicates that as a precaution, the “battery capacity and the loading performance of the device of the device will be reduced” once it is reaching 400 cycles.

Once foreign performance, Google recommends replacing the battery and visiting G.co/pixel/6abattery For the support options available. This assistance page is not yet live, so we contacted Google for more details on how it plans to manage Pixel 6A battery replacements.

If you have a 6a pixel, we urge you to check this warning under Settings> Battery> Battery health. If you see the alert, we strongly recommend that you replace the battery or upgrade your device immediately. Battery fires are not a joke and are a serious threat to you and your home.