Google Pixel 4a’s painful “update” was due to battery overheating risk

Ars Technica
By Kevin PurdyMar 10, 2025, 11:18 am282 pts
Google didn't explain exactly why it shipped a mandatory software update to the Pixel 4a, an Android phone from 2020, earlier this year. The nature of that update, which gave some models all but unusable battery life, provided some clues, as did later software analysis. But now, Australian authorities have…

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