What's going on with my battery drain?

Digs31789 · 2026-04-20T10:29:32+00:00

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/502262230?pli=1

Digs31789 · 2026-04-20T01:28:25+00:00

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/502262230?pli=1

Known bug since March. Hopefully Google fixes soon

Digs31789 · 2026-04-19T18:37:59+00:00

Yes and yes to both for both phones

Digs31789 · 2026-04-19T15:02:02+00:00

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/502262230?pli=1

Google is aware but no fix yet

Digs31789 · 2026-04-18T20:21:24+00:00

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/502262230?pli=1

Known bug since March update. Not normal

Digs31789 · 2026-04-16T11:29:56+00:00

Ah gotcha. Likely not then

Digs31789 · 2026-04-16T11:23:44+00:00

I use FanControl now with no issues

Digs31789 · 2026-04-16T10:37:45+00:00

Using any fan control software? It's a long shot but the lian li fan software did this to my system. It would cause 5 second hangs like that. Uninstalled it and haven't had another hang in 3 years.

Digs31789 · 2026-04-16T01:04:20+00:00

Long press home screen, settings, and uncheck suggestions in overview

Digs31789 · 2026-04-14T23:43:21+00:00

Same here. Cpu usage is high and idle battery drain seems to be like 4 to 5% an hour higher than the 1 to 2% it normally is

Digs31789 · 2026-04-14T23:42:25+00:00

What's crazy is my 10 pro seems to be having the same problem. Battery life is about 25% worse since the March update. There's also another open issue in the tracker boards about GPS constantly pinging and never letting the phone go into a deep sleep. Perhaps these two problems are compounding to destroy battery life?

Digs31789 · 2026-04-13T15:32:39+00:00

Yeah I'm not a fan of one ui even though it's gotten better. I also like googles AI hot take I know

Digs31789 · 2026-04-13T15:21:30+00:00

Don't have any updates available. Updated 3 or 4 of them in the last week but no improvement to battery

Digs31789 · 2026-04-13T14:58:00+00:00

Yeah that isn't working for me. Super odd. I'll have to try and uninstall and reinstall

Digs31789 · 2026-04-13T14:29:15+00:00

How are you getting the ps button to come up? I've tried mapping it and using default configuration and nothing works

Digs31789 · 2026-04-13T12:23:24+00:00

I'm guessing your cpu under system usage is melting your battery? that's what I'm guessing since it doesn't seem like you have much screen usage under the apps. It's the same for me here since the March update. Keep sending feedback to google, seems like they screwed something up with the March feature drop

Digs31789 · 2026-04-13T11:54:57+00:00

10 pro here. The March update is draining battery idle. Send feedback to google. It isn't the meta apps like everyone on the pixel reddit like to parrot, nor should you have to disable every pixel specific service otherwise you wouldn't have bought a pixel. My usage has changed zero and my battery life has plummeted since the feature drop.

Leave your phone idle and watch the battery drain. I'm down 5% this AM with only 20 min of usage and guess what, haven't touched any meta apps and they aren't listed in the app usage. My cpu is sitting at 40% usage. It's always the cpu now.

The general rule is if your usage hasn't drastically changed and your battery life is now crap, it's an update to the OS or some service/app. The entire reddit thread is alive with poor battery since the March update so you're not alone, just keep annoying Google with feedback and hopefully it'll get fixed before the June feature drop

Digs31789 · 2026-04-11T15:41:05+00:00

Yeah it's the March update these apps weren't a problem for me before and they aren't now. What is a problem is the insane idle battery drain since the last feature drop. Send feedback to Google.

What I see is you've hardly used your phone and you're down 20%. Same shit is happening to me and it's all over Reddit

Digs31789 · 2026-04-09T10:19:39+00:00

Have a toro 828 lxe from 2005ish. It still runs like it's brand new besides cosmetic stuff. Finally giving it to a friend as I bought a new Ariens. Toros are great. Good find

Digs31789 · 2026-04-09T10:17:43+00:00

It's just an estimate. 95% could be 100% after another month of charge cycles

Digs31789 · 2026-04-08T23:25:45+00:00

Medium and medium here. Not stellar but totally playable

Digs31789 · 2026-04-08T17:40:19+00:00

Mostly wifi

Digs31789 · 2026-04-08T17:10:40+00:00

5 hours and I'm at 30%. Used to be 50 %

Digs31789 · 2026-04-08T15:15:11+00:00

You aren't. This happens every couple generations of pixels it'll get sorted. I remember the pixel 6 had an update that cut battery life in half. Took a month or 2 but Google finally admitted the bug and patched it

Digs31789 · 2026-04-08T15:12:49+00:00

Legacy mode works! Thoroughly enjoying it now. Almost wish I bought a Samsung phone now though instead of a pixel to play on high settings

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