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[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Mtha86:
Hello . .. i will share my experience here...

I am constantly getting around 6 hours SOT. Yesterday i had 6 hours and 20 minutes with 4 % battery left. Mostly on mobile network.

When i am on wifi the whole day, i get 8 hours + SOT.

I love the battery, especially coming from a buggy Oneplus 8 Pro: mostly got around 4.5 - 5 hours SOT on mobile network.

Maybe the Pixel is not Iphone 13 like , but the battery keeps me through a wohle day.

I see that mobile network uses around 30 % battery .. I have 5G enabled, so i guess i could even get better battery life by switching to 4G, since theres no 5G around here ..

But still i get those 6 hours SOT.! So who cares about it if battery is good?

If Google manages to squeeze a little more out with some future updates, i m more than happy!

What i need to say: i did a factory reset and installed all manually, and it seems this has helped a bit. At first i was around 5 hours SOT on mobile netowork (with 5g disabled).. Just try it

For me , its just the perfect device and i like the battery :) But still i m hoping the manage to fix mobile network drain in a future update, the we can get sick SOT.

just give google some time, its their first custom made chip!
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Paz9:
I disabled the below apps and my battery seems to be SIGNIFICANTLY better. Losing roughly 5% every 40 minutes, 5G on. Phone seems cooler too.

Anyone willing to try and report back?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Az Biker:
I'm getting more than good enough batt life for my normal use.

Most settings are default, 5G on, Adaptive Display on, nothing special. Rotted, Despair kernel, and .36 factory image.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] pharazonic:
Do i win the award for the worst battery life lol?

I couldn't even get to 4.5 hours SOT today and I was mostly home. My usage is probably light to moderate - browsing social media, texting, opening the camera app here and there. No heavy video recording or editing. Have 5G disabled, AOD disabled, lift to wake disabled.

I want to love this phone but this is quite unacceptable for a flagship. I just want to break 7hrs SOT. I'll be doing a factory reset + clean install to see if it helps...

To add insult to injury, the lack of a OP style dash charging, and the lack of a headphone jack makes this even worse. My previous phone was OnePlus 5 and I'm sure I'd charge it quite a bit given that the battery was much smaller. That said, it was a lot more seamless to top up over the day because I could charge it in my car and still listen to music and the user experience was not impacted.

Again, I want to love my pixel, but it is really bothering me that I'm beyond the return period. Hoping / praying that Google implement something to help those of us that have battery life as bad as I do.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] pharazonic:
I'll definitely look into this. My SOT is abysmal so I'm willing to try anything.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Mtha86:
Did you install everything yourself or did you copy your old phone.. i copied all from my Oneplus 8 Pro, and it seems after i did a factory reset and installed all manually , it seems a little bit better.

I have about the same usage as you, and i am getting around 6 hours (sometimes 6.5 sometimes 5.5) SOT, with 5G but not AOD , in wifi around 7.5 ..

Maybe this could help :-/

Maybe they even give out a fix with December update
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] EeZeEpEe:
Yeah that's definitely not great. I get around just over 5 hours SOT with 80% used. What's your screen brightness at most of the time when indoors? I'm on adaptive brightness and indoors at work it's usually between 70-78% brightness.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] pharazonic:
I copied everything but pictures from my old phone, a OP5. I'll be doing a factory reset and installing everything from scratch, soon.

I'm getting desperate 😔 my SOT somehow got worse yesterday: 3hrs 10 minutes, and again, nothing that crazy that a 5000mAh battery shouldn't be able to handle. I've turned off wifi and Bluetooth scanning, that didn't seem to make a difference. My AOD has always been off, as had lift to wake.

Honestly opening myself to the idea of selling this device, eating a loss and either replacing the battery on my OP5 or buying some other device because this is really stressing me out and bothering me. 😥

(Oh, and just a vent from one former OP user to another... Man, I'd be okay with this type of battery life if the phone had Dash Charging and a headphone jack. I typically charger my phone at night but if it is draining the battery so quickly, Dash Chargings insane topups would be so handy. And i drive an older car so charging would be fine if i had a headphone jack. My phone died last night at work and on the way home, i had to listen to the radio 😒 i got 13% in roughly 13 minutes which wasn't terrible but yeah, sorely missing my OP 😅)
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] pharazonic:
When indoors, during the day, anywhere from 39% (that's what it is right now clear day but indirect sunlight) to that 55-75% mark. I have Adaptive brightness and it generally does hover around that 55-75 mark which works for me.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Gnaius:
I'm getting excellent battery life. About the same as my 3XL, I think — although I haven't done rigorous tests. I tend to go to bed with at least 30% left, and I use it throughout the day. Note: I do have 5G turned off.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Alekos:
I was thinking this, why did Google create and enforce Adaptive Charging but all manufacturers have said it's ok to charge your phone at night. it seems like such a weird thing. is it ok to have your battery at 100% for 6hrs every night, or not? if neither what's the damage? interesting...
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Saurabh1392:
Hey bud! Did you upgrade from 2xl to 6 as well?

Btw are you having network standby drain as well?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
Because of an unexpected bootloop I was unable to solve, I had to factory reset (again) and rooted the stock firmware. I was able to get just under 10hrs of SoT which is awesome.

I've not done anything different this time around, except leave Adaptive Connectivity on, including Adaptive Battery + Charging. I did have 120hz display running but I always turn off AOD as I don't care for that feature.

A majority of my usage was texting, some web browsing and online chats. My phone was charged to 100% right as I started work at 2:30 PM, then minimal usage throughout that same day, but heavier usage that evening and next day.

I'm sure once I charge to 80% I'll get around 8hrs of SoT which is usual, but even at 100% before I always had less than I did this time, so idk what's happening lol.

I cropped out a few names of apps I use for privacy reasons.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Alekos:
I thought my 9 hours was insane from 100% to 5%. your usage is a lot like mine. I guess everybody has different apps installed and uses their phones completely different. If you can get 6 or 7 hours from 100-10% I think your in good shape.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] kheltek:
I stopped looking at mobile network standby because my ocd was.goimg bonkers. After a factory reset and restoring from backup, battery life has been great after a few days. I put a few apps to restricted, turned off AOD and location history,, everything else on. Started the day at 100%, at 6 am and was on 5g or LTE depending on signal (and sometimes.a poor signal), and ended the day with 28% at 11 pm with a little over 5 hours of sot. Phone didn't get hot at all which was really impressive considering how my signal is at work.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
Yeah, I usually do YouTube on my drive home for work or listen to music, and play some games on occasion but haven't really set all those up yet.

6-7hrs of SoT isn't a lot IMO, since my old P2XL probably had 4-5 with the state the battery was in. That device used to get 11hrs of SoT, so if I can still get around the same of 10hrs I'll be happy.

I like your Spy vs Spy avatar BTW!
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] EeZeEpEe:
I went from 2 XL to 4 XL and now 6 Pro. My mobile network standby is anywhere between 11% and 17% over the last 24 hours.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] AKN_92:
Did the December update improve anyone's battery life that was bad?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MArtyChubbs:
Funny, I was just thinking about posting that exact same question here. ESP? I dunno.

I've noticed battery improvement mainly due to the phone going into deep sleep. I have everything turned on and can finally get through a day without having to recharge.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] AKN_92:
The update didn't seem to improve battery life for me. Typical 8 hour day at work and when I'm done the phone is at like 30% already. Might consider just doing a factory reset again at this point to see if it helps any.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] therock3181:
I'm also thinking a factory reset could potential help anything. Not that I have any problems.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] selayan:
I feel the same, if anything it seems worse. Accubattery is telling me my screen off drainage is 2.8% on wifi. I also keep everything on too and I do use Always on display.

Today it was off the charger at 7am at 100%. While working I streamed music for 2 hours on Youtube music, used boost for reddit throughout the day here and there, a few texts, maps for 15 minutes, Uber for 15 minutes on mobile data.

By 6pm the phone was at 33% and I had just made it to 4hrs of screen time. I have not turned off 5G either and when I was on mobile data I had full bars of signal 5G UC. At home signal is not good but I'm always on Wifi at home.

My 2 year old 4XL would be the same at the end of my work day, not really happy about the battery drain on idle either.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] skipabeat123:
Just Chrome + Reddit, less than 4h OST and I'm left with 8%. Network standby appears that high in safe mode too. I did factory reset and did not help.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
Factory reset ? Did you restore apps and data? You should factory reset and use the device without any specific apps to see how much battery you'll be eating. Also, why are you on roaming? That will cause more battery drain.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] skipabeat123:
I did factory reset without restore and tested my drain in safe mode and there's almost no difference. I am on roaming with one card yes. Tested the phone with just one card not in roaming and network standby was no different.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] AKN_92:
Yea, just did a factory reset last night. Hoping it helps.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] selayan:
How has it been after you reset? Did you do anything different after the phone reset itself? I am contemplating doing it as well.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] therock3181:
I factory reset yesterday and will give at least a week or 2 see how the phone goes.

For now I have a drain of average 0.8%/hour at night. Not to bad.

Looks good for now.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] selayan:
Do you have always on display enabled? I do but when I put it on the pixel stand at night, i have it so that the display turns off and it goes into do not disturb mode. I am more interested in how much idle drain it will have with AOD on when its just sitting on my desk, because right now it can be up to 3%/hr.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] therock3181:
I don't use AOD.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 86rickard:
My battery is getting hammered by Mobile network standby. I limited settings last time however with the same limitations the MNS is worse since the update. Im pretty sure my signal strength has reduced too. Not using 5G and have the likes of Adaptive connectivity off etc.

Very disappointed.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
Are you looking at mobile network being used over a 24hr period off at specific times (2hr internals)?

It's been said before that the modem used in the phones is a very inefficient older Samsung model, which is a big cause of battery drain; however, I'm not sure if it's bad enough to cause that big of an impact.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 86rickard:
Over the 24hrs it used 23% of the battery. The phone hasn't been changed in that time. In the two hr intervals it can vary obviously. My phone was idle this evening from 17.00-19.00 and it used 47% of that periods drain of about 5%

It's definitely worse than before. Did Google try and reduce power of something hence why the signal is lower as that seems to be worse for battery! ?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 400ixl:
Ignore that figure, its pretty irrelevant IMO. I was getting a Mobile network Standby of sub 10% on the Nov update but now see it reading 30% but the battery usage has not changed at all. It still uses the same amount of battery in 24 hours that it did.

That figure appears to be a complete red herring as far as true battery usage goes.

Signal strength (and slowness to reconnect if signal is dropped) for some has been recognised by Google as an issue for some on certain versions of the update. Personally not noticed that for mine, but as they recognise it and rolling back to the November radio seems to fix it for people, we can reasonably assume a fix will come for that one.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] PettyAf:
do yall have mobile data always active on or off? i just turned off developer mode completely because my battery on LTE drain 5% per hour while on wifi its 1% drain per hour. tryna see if default settings can help.

btw my battery on wifi is amazing. but when i go out it i feeling like the battery is just freefalling. i have duo sims one is roaming and the other is local.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] therock3181:
Mine all stock. Didn't bother turning off features. I paid for them !

Running dual sim too. Same carrier for both.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] danw_oz:
My phone was amazing on the initial release firmware. Battery life was amazing, finger print sensor worked amazing, only thing is that it got quite hot, 5G speed was better, only issue I had with the initial release was some huge delays at times launching some apps which was fixed by turning off the adaptive battery for apps. Everything has got worse with each release.

Because my plan comes with a lot of data, which I can't get close to using I am only using 5G, WIFI turned off which also would cause more drain I am guessing.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
I just want future pixel phones to be better with the battery. For that to happen they need to cut the crap trying to cut corners and make something efficient. I may try Samsung if they plan on coming out with another S22 line, but I'm concerned about being able to root and unlock bootloader.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] therock3181:
There is one thing you need to know, bootloader will be locked in NA. Has been for the last 5-6 years.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
Why do they even do that? guess I'm stuck then lol
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] AKN_92:
Has the January update changed anyones battery life?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 86rickard:
No change for me and Mobile Network Standby is still a battery hog. My signal is about 1bar on my 6 pro and with the same sim on my old pixel 4 it goes to half way. Definitely crap modem causing battery drain in lower signal areas. Found turning adaptive connectivity off has helped along with switching mobile date always on off in developer options.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MArtyChubbs:
I'm coming to accept the phone is what it is. Battery life is marginally better than my 4xl. Fell for the hype but I can live with it until the pixel 8 or better phone arrives.

I feel Google over promised and under delivered with regards to battery life. But my use case is very heavy GPS, audio & video streaming all day. So, I can understand why I'm not getting 24hrs plus as advertised.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] greycounciller:
Light to medium user, hitting 24hr battery life regularly. Not sure how the SOT is displayed on this phone, but I'm sure it said 11hrs the other day.....
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Utini:
I am also coming from the P4XL. To me the battery life on the P6P is better.

In the past I used the P4XL as single SIM for private usage only.

That means it was unplugged at 06:00h and left nearly untouched until I went out of the office.

Now I use my P6P as dual SIM for private and work related stuff.

That means it gets unplugged at 06:00h and is basically in constant use throughout the day.

I end up with the same battery usage after a day on both phones, even though the P6P is getting used more.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] AKN_92:
I usually work day with barely 40% battery left. Most used is just browsing the web, streaming some music and messaging. I would love to get even half of 24 hours battery life.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
Well, it did something for me that I can't fully explain, nor can I understand why battery usage is inconsistent when I have minimal usage during the week.

Earlier this week my phone died and I charged it from 1%-90%. It lasted a good 48hrs on standby (over 57hrs total usage) using nothing but mobile network a majority of that time, with a small percentage being wifi. That's never really happened, and I don't know why it did but I was very excited.

Of course, battery drain seems to be back to normal despite not doing anything different, so I can't explain any of this. My SoT was just over 5hrs, but standby was quite high.

🤷‍♂️
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 400ixl:
Still getting around 24 hours for 50% battery use on 4hrs screen time. Thats with the bogus Network Standby reading saying anything between 20-40%.

It's been pretty consistent on original firmware, November, December and now January. The only thing that has gone up is the network standby percentage usage which appears to be pretty irrelevant.

I tend to charge to 80% each evening, not charge overnight and then use it throughout the day as normal plugging it back in the next evening where it will usually be at around 30%. Haven't really changed any settings away from the default.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
Can someone shed some light as to why my battery usage is extremely high just after charging my device and the screen is off? For some reason with the screen off my battery drain goes as high as 18% which makes no sense to me. I usually restart, which doesn't help, but if I start using my phone, my battery takes a huge hit and I lose 1% after 3 minutes.

I wanna toss this thing out the window at times. It's as bad as my old 2XL where I'd lose battery quickly because of its age , but this shouldn't be happening.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] therock3181:
Don't know. You have not given App usage access to Accubattery.

Might want also check Gsam
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] AKN_92:
Are you on wifi or data for most of your usage time?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
You literally had just taken it off the charger, of course that number is going to be high at that point because it's estimating based on an hour and only has a minute of data to use. It gets more accurate the longer it's running. Make sure you give AccuBattery all of the permissions it needs too or you won't be able to pinpoint troublesome apps.

It's estimating 9 1/2 hours SoT in that screen shot so yeah.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 400ixl:
Can be a mix, some days at home and on wifi, other days out all day and on mobile pretty much all the time. Doesn't really change the battery usage unless I am doing things differently which would result in an expected change. Overnight it is mostly on wifi with a reasonable strength mobile signal.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
I wanted to post here since it's been some time, and see how everyone's phone is doing with the once very popular, "mobile network standby".

I randomly decided to check the battery usage number, and now it seems to be in a normal range. I can't really recall during what period of time this number has improved, but it's nice to see MNS is at a low range instead of high double digits.

My phone also heats up less during usage or when charging than it did before.

Is anyone else experiencing the same?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Utini:
Still 30% for me. I am on dual SIM.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] :
your using eSim ?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Utini:
eSim+physical sim
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MacGuy2006:
I am on Google Fi and the phone does not last a full day if I listen to Audible or Youtube for a 2-4 hours a day (screen off most of the time).

I've stopped caring what is the reason. The battery life sucks, just like it did for the two previous Pixels I've had. The large battery capacity fooled me with the 6Pro, but Google just sucks at hardware and this thing is hardly well optimized. Apple does a far better job with a smaller battery.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Paz9:
Have you tried custom kernels?

I generally get 6-7 hrs SOT over a 24 hour period, I used to use custom kernels but lately I've been staying on stock without issues.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] D0n Quix0te:
My battery life is on par with iPhone 13 Pro Max, its insane, but there is a catch;

A: I turn off smooth display

B: I dont use always on display

Try it like this and its battery life will blow you away, easy 1.5 days battery life.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
Proof or everything you said is false 😛
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] D0n Quix0te:
Check out this screenshot. I had fully charged it at 11am on Saturday, although its not visible right now as it has disappeared with time flow. Its sunday 3:48pm and the charge is 28%. you can see i havent charged it in between.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] D0n Quix0te:
its 5:46pm and the charge is 17% right now
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] D0n Quix0te:
Sorry for spamming you, lol, but you can see my screen on time on saturday and today (sunday), with 17% charge remaining. As i said i started using it on saturday after it was 100% charged at 11am
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 5t4rC0m1337:
Every phones with all settings disabled can catch up with the iPhone 13 max but the point is the phone is unusable with everything turned off :)
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] malimukk:
The iphones after model 11 turn off all settings that are not used at the moment. Using hotspot with screen off on the iphone 13 pro, for example, is impossible..

I am using a 13pro for a couple months now and the os reminds me of the old miui days when every service/activity was aggressively killed in the backgorund
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] fillwithjoy1:
This describes my battery experience
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] gettinwicked:
Yesterday I was getting about 4% per hour idle drain. AOD on, pretty much everything on actually.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Morgrain:
If you guys experience problems with idle drain, I'd suggest AccuBattery (pro) - that way you can quickly check if you have any rogue apps keeping your device from deepsleep. Roughly 1% drain to max 2% should be normal with a pixel at "day" (incoming notifications, emails, auto downloads, app updates in the background...) - at least in my experience of owning Pixels. If you have more than that, there is probably a problem that is not directly caused by "the Pixel".
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Golf c:
Ouchy. No good. Normal is 1-2% less is outstanding
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Golf c:
Ouchy. No good. Normal is 1-2% less is outstanding

Accubattery shows way more SOT then Google dashboard. That why I have chargers. Didn't need charger for P5. Tracking battery stats ruins the mind.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Lughnasadh:
Yep. Active and Idle drain is way more indicative of how your battery life is than SOT, imo.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Lughnasadh:
Just for comparison on idle drains with my different phones with pretty much the same apps on them, set up the same way and used in the same way:

Pixel 2 XL=.64%/hr

Pixel 4 XL=.83%/hr or so

Pixel 6 Pro= .85%/hr based on a 7 1/2 hr overnight non-use (also had a .83%/hr on a 6 hr overnight non-use). Now up to 1.12%/hr with use since the .85% this morning.

Interestingly, deep sleep for me is usually around 90% on the 2 & 4, but so far on the 6 Pro it is about 80%.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Golf c:
It takes a while to settle. Software is crap. That's phenomenal. I have way too much turned on to get that
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] mang0:
For those of you who wanted to disable 5G but were unable to in the settings...

Has anyone tried going thru the phone dialer (*#*#4636#*#*) and changing preferred network type?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] silverkin:
Are you using AoD, Digital Wellbeing and other battery "hungry" features?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Lughnasadh:
No AoD, lift to wake, wake phone with notifications. WiFi & Bluetooth scanning off. Digital Wellbeing does not have Usage Access rights.