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[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] frch0603:
The reviews on the battery life seem pretty terrible so far and is really worrying me as it was my only concern. I have been rocking a Hauwei Mate 8 recently, which I consistently get around 7 hr SOT. Reviews for Pixel XL are coming out at 3.5-4 hr, which is not good for how big it is. It has only a slightly smaller battery than the S7 Edge, but the Edge performs much better, I was getting 5-5 .5 hr SOT with my Edge before switching to Mate 8. Google Assistant always being present and doing stuff may be a pretty severe drain. Just as someone else mentioned, nice that we have a 15 day return window.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Golf c:
3-4 hours SOT sucks. Im getting 6 hours on 6p and 5 on Nexus 6
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jjayzx:
SOT is dependent on multiple factors, like what apps are running in background and what you do on the phone. Web browsing habits of sites visited, some sites have a lot going on.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sleepinlight:
Where are you seeing these 3.5-4 hr SOT reviews??

Many of the reviews that came out yesterday gave the Pixel highly positive ratings on battery. MKBHD said he got 6hrs SOT on full brightness, Dieter at the Verge said it might be the best battery life of any phone he'd ever used. Wired and a couple others also noted it as a high point. But then Mossberg said the smaller Pixel got so-so battery, and I think one of the Android Authority guys also called it average.

So... it sounds like basically any other Android phone. Varies highly for different people.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] frch0603:
Pretty sure the AA review, he was getting 3.5-4 hours for battery life and called it good/above average, which is not. I remember his specifically because that is where I got the idea that google assistant could be having a large impact if used heavily, which he said he was using heavily. I don't remember MKBHD saying 6 hours but I would have to go rewatch. I know I saw at least 2 reviews that said 3.5-4 ish and they both called it good. Which makes me worry that all the other reviews that called it good without giving specific numbers were under this same impression. I watched a crap ton of reviews, many didn't give specific stats. They must be comparing it to htc10, lg g5 and iphone to consider that good, leaving samsung as the only outstanding if they are considering that anywhere near good.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] civichater:
Turned my phone on right out of the box around 12pm and started using it and I hit over 3 hours of sot
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] frch0603:
I wouldn't put too much stock in the first charge out of the box but that is still not a good indication. No bueno. Guess I have two weeks to try it out.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] JasonJoel:
I'm at 90% right now with 56 min screen on time. Just reading the news/web browsing. On wifi.

I'm happy.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] frch0603:
That's what I have been wanting to hear! Would you be willing to post some screen shots of your battery life, etc before you plug her in tonight. How heavily have you been using the new assistant? have you done anything to customize your settings like turn off always listening or anything like that, adaptive screen brightness, etc?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] drum747:
MKBHD on Twitter
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrpeppevitale:
I got mine yesterday at 5pm, Used it straight, setting it up with everything turned on and screen @ %100 (setup, music, movies, games) and it died after 5.5 hours. It was also on 86% charge when i got it.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] frch0603:
Good to see.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] JasonJoel:
Right now, no tweaks everything turned on (assistant, always listening, Bluetooth, wifi).

Mostly web browsing. 15 minutes or so of Clash Royale. On wifi most of the day. Auto brightness.

Looks like about 6h SOT if I took it to empty.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Ryno77:
Day one. Came in at 89%. Installed all apps and a software update. Looks pretty good to me.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chrisjcks:
Yep, 6hrs SOT & a full 15+hr day & that's at Max Brightness. :laugh:
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] neyenlives:
I'm at 66% and with just under 3 hours screen time and I've been hammering it. It's just like I knew it would be. Fantastic.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] felito6985:
Doing great so far for me. 128gb XL
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] frch0603:
Wonderful. Thanks to everyone that posted their stats. I feel better now.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elolesen:
24 hours without charging. Spotty coverage and lots of Bluetooth streaming.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] iceman4357:
Battery life on this phone is amazing. Period. My S6 would be close to dead right now. I have been on the phone all day, wifi, streaming music, etc and its still at 86%.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jimbob_me:
Managed this yesterday. Not taking any power saving measures. Spent most the day on WiFi. Pretty pleased!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ufinmd:
I charged my phone fully to 100% on Thursday night. Took it off the charger and went to bed, turned off wifi, bluetooth, sync, and used do not disturb. I lost 1% over 8 hours (pretty damn good and as good as my wife's iPhone 6). Friday, I was in a great LTE signal all day, did not use wifi at all. I had 5 hours SOT, 30 minutes of Netflix, the rest was all web browsing. I had about 30 minutes of Google Play Music, and I set my screen to about 35% Screen brightness and OK Google was constantly on. Did not charge at all last night (same settings as previous night), woke up this morning and it still had 20% left on it.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DrexelDragon:
Does this seem pretty crappy to anyone?

https://sli.mg/a/ESlbdV
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tw1tch175:
If anyone had battery issues yesterday in the US remember the DDOS was knocking a lot of your services offline or making them hard to access for your phone.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] JasonJoel:
No? That would equate to over 6 hours SOT if I did my arithmetic correctly.

That's what I was expect....
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] holla420:
Here my battery of real usage.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] imnuts:
I can see easily reaching 5 hours of screen on time. In my 2 full days with the phone so far, it's at least as good as my turbo 2, possibly better. I'm not disappointed at all with battery life so far.

Sent from my Pixel XL
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DrexelDragon:
Yes but that would only be if I used the device for 6 straight hours. So many others are getting 6+ hours SOT over a whole 20+ hour day.

I don't come close to that. I'm lucky to get 3 or 4 hours.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dhaugru:
My stats. Voice recognition and scanning turned off. This thing is a battery beast!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] VersusMe_:
Thats freakin amazing! :victory:

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if only my 6P could last me this long! Im kinda jealous
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dmb219:
My son got his XL, did the usual setup and playing, said he didn't plug it in that night and got through the next day. No stats but impressive. I believe him, if he thought the battery was bad he would say so. He's an engineer, analytical and critical.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 335Deezl:
Are you all letting it charge until the lightning bolt disappears from the battery icon, or just until it says 100%? Give it a few FULL charge-discharge cycles first... Also, the shower you can charge it (say, from a USB 500mA), the better the charge.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Steve Lazarus:
Not to shabby IMO

Sent from my Pixel XL
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mdecker79:
Since Thursday my pixel would barely sleep when the screen was off. Turning off OK Google detection so far today has cleared that issue. My phone is now sleeping as it should when the screen is off.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] thetonyclifton:
Chrome is my most used app but should it be consuming more battery than the screen? I don't remember it being like that on my 6P. Currently I have 27% battery left with 4hr 25 SOT. Screen credited with 16% of the battery use, Chrome 24%. Does that seem excessive?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ExcuseTheN00b:
I received the phone 3 days ago and have had the best battery life on any device. 1 day and 3 hrs on the battery with SOT of 5 hrs and 3 mins after the 1st full charge and 1st full day of use. I always have WiFi and Bluetooth on and high accuracy GPS. I have very bad Verizon service at my house but use WiFi calling to improve calls. I usually have to disable a lot of things and have a custom kernel installed to receive that type of SOT but not on the Pixel XL. It may not be as much as some others on here but I'm very impressed so far.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ExcuseTheN00b:
I had this issue on my Nexus 6p sometimes but so far I haven't seen this on my Pixel. I have recently switched to Chrome Dev when I saw this on my 6p but haven't used it on the Pixel XL yet. Which Chrome are you using (Regular-Stable, Beta, Dev or the unstable Chrome Canary)? The only browser I ever use on my phones is Chrome so never have had any experience on some of the others like Firefox and Opera. I have seen others say that Chrome can be a battery hog over some of the others out there.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cwalker0906:
Battery life has been great, getting at least six hours of screen time every day usually closer to seven
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Xak:
This battery life on day you are at work and don't use the phone that much except basics.no custom kernel.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bruciebabie1963:
No it is not unusual . If you are actually using your phone there should be apps showing in the top 4 battery users with the screen being the top user. If you are just have you screen on and not using any apps. ( as I suspect some of these inflated battery results are coming from) you would not have any apps showing in the top 5 to six battery slots.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DaPoets:
Great battery all day at Disney Land

We just spent all day long at Disneyland and I took a lot of photos and videos with questionable signal due to the large amount of people there. I ended up at the end of the day with 35% while everybody else's iPhones died when we got in the car.

Excellent low light photos.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] thetonyclifton:
I am using regular release of chrome. I had been using the beta on my 6P without this issue (at least I didn't notice).

I am still getting 6hrs SOT but just curious as to why Chrome is so far above the screen in battery usage.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jpinks:
Hey post some more pix. Thats a nice low light shot. Family is big Disney fans so a camera phone has to handle it all when we hit the parks LOL!!! Were you also using the cloud storage feature or did you turn that off on battery life? That killed my old Note 4 battery at Disney.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AstroDigital:
Yesterday I started at 6am, went to Niagara Falls spent 2 hours waking around taking pictures of the Falls, some museums . Did some searches, browsed for awhile. When home spent an hour on my translation programs, played a game for an hour more browsing. Finally put the phone in the changer at 9PM. The screen was on over 4 hours, I have adaptive brightness on, bluetooth for my car and Android Wear. I had 30% left.

No I am not 100% happy but it is hard to be happy with battery life.

Why not 8 hours screen on time ?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tiny4579:
Not sure if serious but it's not a flat number to look for. Its based on how you use the phone. Games and camera use more battery and Bluetooth car audio uses more battery as well. I think this number sees admirable based in usage.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AstroDigital:
It is not bad better than my old Nexus 6 but can always want more.

I used 10,000 mah Zerolemon batteries in the past used to go a few days, heavy use too with that monster.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Leo90604:
Do you have ATT? They are the sponsored carrier and when I used Tmo my service was weak.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Gizmoe:
Took my phone off the charger almost 24 hours ago. Still at 30%. I have been using it a lot too. I've never had a phone last this long on one charge. Almost 6 hours screen time so far. Bet I could get 8 hours
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clapper66:
Nice. Tomorrow will be my first time to truly test the battery in mine. My best ever screen on time for me was with my nexus 6. I got 6 hours and 45 minutes, but that was with a custom rom and kernel :p
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] thecarp1975:
I know it's early, but I'm quite pleased with the battery life over the first few days. This has has been a typical day so far. Brightness set in the middle (on auto), I have over 60 apps installed and a dozen social media, email accounts, etc.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] alpilindau:
Startet 5 o clock am till 11 o clock pm SOT 6,5h
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CZ Eddie:
Installed all my "non-root required" apps on the XL yesterday.

That's about 2/3 of the apps I usually run.

Set them all up so they're working.

Then just before going to sleep, I rebooted the phone so I could check overnight battery life from CPU Spy.

GPS & WiFi were enabled during this time.

Got 98.6% deep sleep over 8+ hours. WOW.

All my other phones have averaged 75-92% deep sleep overnight.

This 98.6% is a new record for me.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gregk232:
On my first day, I booted up the phone, and it had 87% charge.

I ended the day with 2.5 hours of screen on at 36%, with about 7 hours of usage, while loading all of my apps and doing initial setup.

Went to bed, and did not even charge. Woke up 6.5 hours later with battery still at 36%. Thank you doze.

This looks really promising to me.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] FSOP:
Very pleased with the battery on the XL. For my usage, 1 charge lasted well over a day, 4h SOT, wifi, location, bluetooth on.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Unleaded91:
Pretty impressive so far!!

Normal browsing, youtube, and XDA with 60% brightness.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] v2.2v:
The battery gets better and better every day....seemingly. Here is yesterday into this morning...5 hours SOT with 35% left. Not too shabby if you ask me.

And that small hump showing a charge...was just me plugging into the computer to root last night.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] joderme:
Nice stats. I need to figure out what isn't letting my phone doze. I get small blips throughout the night that lead to a 5-10% drain.

The cell signal is very crappy but using WiFi Calling (maybe that's the culprit).
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] v2.2v:
Bad cell service, in my opinion, is the #1 battery killer
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] imnuts:
Especially when the phone wants to sync when you have bad service. When I started using Wi-Fi at my last job (was lucky to have 3G in my office, if anything), I went from having an almost dead battery after work to having a nearly full battery at the end of the day.

Sent from my Pixel XL
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] joderme:
Hello stranger, good to see that are alive! [MENTION=1415579]adrynalyne[/MENTION] switched to the dark side.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] OnlinePredator:
Was getting 6.5-7 hours SOT in first few days, now struggling to get 2 hours. Factory reset time I think. Stupid android.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] carajp:
Is there a way to see if the phone is dozing at all/properly?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] treIII:
Yes put it down and look in battery stats to see if the blue line on the graph is going down or horizontal after a few hours. If it's dropping it's not sleeping properly. If the line is going horizontal it's dozing.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] treIII:
This is common for me.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] treIII:
Wifi calling does not replace the phone searching for a Cellular signal. I'd u have bad Cellular signal turn on airplane mode the turn on wifi. Your battery life will improve a lot
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] treIII:
Daily
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] carajp:
Hehe... I think my problem is I don't ever put it down for long enough! :) Still, I've certainly seen my blue line staying horizontal at timesaving I'm getting excellent battery life.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ExcuseTheN00b:
Anyone using naptime app to force doze mode and what are your experience with it? I started using it today and so far it seems like it's working good. Battery is better today using it compared to yesterday.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tiny4579:
Doze is already more active on 7.x than before so I'm not sure of the overall benefits.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ExcuseTheN00b:
You can change the settings on when to active doze or force it to active it as soon as the screen turns off. You can also disable the sensors so that doze doesn't turn off when you pick the phone up or when it's in your pocket.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] guaneet:
Not bad at all.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TechBSwift:
Adguard is known to destroy battery life. Without that you get another 1.5 hours
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] guaneet:
I read it's only very marginal. It's just high because it's routes all network data through it. I'll try it out with it off tomorrow tho to confirm
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ExcuseTheN00b:
I have been extremely busy in the past 2 days and have not been on my phone that much but the stand-by time on here is amazing. I have been using the naptime app by [MENTION=3292224]franciscofranco[/MENTION] to control doze and it works great. The only time I have plugged my phone in and restarted it was when I updated root about 5 minutes ago. The system ui did start to crash at 15% but I quickly downloaded the new root and installed it within 30 seconds and then went and took the screenshots. I have extremely poor signal with Verizon and it always jumps around from 1x, 3g and LTE. That is why I always leave wifi on for data and for wifi calling. Like I mentioned, I have not been on the phone as much because of work and other things going on but stand-by time as been the best out of any other phone I have ever used.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] resynx:
That's what everyone says too from what I've read. I'd love to hear about your results with it off though when you update us.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nadiros:
LoL, might wanna consider it's something on your end. Thanks for the laugh though. :cyclops:
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] OnlinePredator:
I wish I was being sarcastic. Android system used 25% on average. I have 5 apps installed, allo, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, audible plus a lot of Google stuff. Battery usage shows Android system above screen. Anyway not my problem as it's reported by many on 7.x. Old 5x had the same issue.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rsbenedict:
Facebook is a known battery hog. They recommend uninstalling it and using it in the browser. You can set up notifications within the browser, if you need them. I've uninstalled it and it has helped battery life with my Nexus 6P. Haven't installed it since.

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I'm having EXCELLENT battery life with my Pixel XL and had great battery life with my Nexus 6P, too.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] spkos.kos:
I'm very happy with my Pixel XL's battery. I've been smashing it today with snapchat, camera use and high brightness. This and Bluetooth streaming music.

http://imgur.com/a/GBAlM
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] zed011:
best battery life I've been able to get is 2 days , with 7 hours SOT. Note I am mostly on WiFi at home and work with good network signal
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Penelope559:
massanger, what's app, wichat, SD soft consuming all of my battery charges. searching for above 8000 amp battery attached mobile.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Chord_Hugo87:
you guys need to have something to compare to, you cant just post your SOT pictures and expect everyone else usage to be like yours.

for example comparison

on S7: 3 hours SOT

on Pixel XL: I get 5 hours SOT

dont just post your pictures it serve no purpose but to confuse new users as to why they are not getting the same SOT as you. The Senior members should know this. Battery threads are irrelevant because of things like this.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Alula:
Very good!Thanks so much for your information!:D
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dhaugru:
It's a place to post the average stats this device is getting. Everyone can compare the usage in these stats to what they get on their current device.

Get off your soapbox because your logic makes no sense.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AndrasLOHF:
Couple weeks in and battery life is showing no end to how great it is. Same usage patterns and same apps as my 6P and I average twice the screen on time as when I was getting good battery life with the 6P. Compared to Nougat it's closer to 3 times as much. Getting averages of 5 and a half to 6 hours SOT. My 6P on Nougat can maybe get 2-2 and a half hours SOT and less usage overall. Also I can finally charge the phone at night and go to sleep without leaving it on the charger. The 6P always had doze issues even with great service losing 10% or more overnight. The Pixel XL will lose 3% in a spot with terrible cell signal. Again same apps installed.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Fauert:
Good battery life here too, first cycle ?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] oneandroidnut:
Anybody know why my phone radio percentage is so high???
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] treIII:
Weak signal?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] fantasy2c:
This phone is pretty great, great upgrade over the nexus 6
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] oneandroidnut:
Maybe or even a bad SIM?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cjkacz:
I'm on my phone all day. Mostly using hangouts. In and out of wifi and Bluetooth was off.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] oneandroidnut:
Battery life doing so so nothing crazy good so far imo
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] boober78:
The battery life in mine is quite good atm. 40% left and I have 4,37 mins of SOT. All day on LTE at work, WiFi at home. A couple of phone calls and YT and Twitter. No gaming.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] oneandroidnut:
That's seems really good lol I want that
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kkeith:
Lol and hear I thought mine was good and here you go just blowing it out of the water
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] blueren:
Stock?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] boober78:
Yes, just locked bootloader. That's really satisfying.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] blueren:
Insane. What is your phone usage habit like? What all had you disabled? I've gotten a max of about 4 hrs with all stock settings.