A number of Pixel customers are presently reporting extreme battery drain and overheating points on their telephones. The issue was flagged by an Engadget reader, after which the publication found a rising thread of complaints from Pixel customers on Reddit and Google’s support forums.

“My Pixel 6 Professional and my spouse’s Pixel 6 have been overheating and utilizing battery doing actually nothing since yesterday. Like not simply heat, HOT. Dropping 20% battery in beneath an hour with out utilizing it,” wrote a Reddit person.

“Display screen time has been decreased to round 3 hours from roughly round 6 hours,” wrote one other Pixel 6a person.

The issue isn’t simply restricted to the Pixel 6 lineup. Pixel 7 and seven Professional customers are additionally reporting comparable overheating and battery drain points.

The perpetrator appears to be a latest replace to the Google app. Various affected customers have observed that the Battery Utilization menu on their Pixels lists the Google app as the very best juice guzzler.

“Past the battery not lasting the telephone is getting actually heat so I do know it’s harming the battery and probably the CPU,” wrote a Reddit person.

Those that have tried contacting Google help for an answer haven’t been very profitable. The troubleshooting steps advised by help employees haven’t labored. Rolling again to an older model of the Google app doesn’t repair the issue, nor does an entire manufacturing facility reset of the telephone.

It’s unclear if the issue additionally impacts the lately launched Pixel 7a. Nevertheless, a check performed by Android Authority exhibits that the phone tends to become quite hot while charging, thereby leading to slower charging. It’s not the identical Google app-related drawback, however we’ll look into that too now.

There’s no official phrase from Google simply but. We’ll replace this text if and once we study extra a couple of attainable decision from the Pixel maker.