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TL;DR
- Google has marked the long-running Pixel idle battery drain bug as fixed for the Pixel 9 and Pixel 10 series, with Pixel 8a and Pixel 9a scheduled to receive the fix in September.
- The issue reportedly prevented affected phones from entering Deep Doze, resulting in excessive battery drain even when idle.
- Despite Google’s claim, users continue to report the problem on several Pixel devices and even Samsung Galaxy devices.
Pixel owners have spent months chasing the cause of an annoying idle battery drain bug that seemed to chew through the battery even when their phones are doing absolutely nothing. Now, Google says it’s fixed the issue for some Pixel 10 and Pixel 9 devices, but the story may not be over just yet.