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[Google Pixel 7 Pro] mwatson:
sounds about right. Shame about the battery on this thing. I have one app installed and i'm getting about the same as my 2013 HTC. Not good at all.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
It sounds like people are attempting to justify their bad battery life rather than why some people's are better.

Firstly, my Bluetooth is connected and I also listen to music during the day, so that presumption is wrong. It is mostly wifi connectivity, but also data during parts of the day (I'd say that applies to most mobile phone users).

As for overall battery life, I normally take my phone off charge around 0700 and put it back on charge around 2330-0000 when I go to bed. At this point I generally have between 15% and 20% remaining with a SOT of between 6 and 7 hours. Check my last screenshot, it tells you what I'm averaging at the bottom - 22 hours which is exactly what you say you got from the OnePlus 8 Pro.

If people aren't happy with the battery life they're getting I'd suggest they return it. Personally I'm happy and it's better than any phone I've had.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
Everything on except for always on AOD.

Been off the charger for 15h31m.

Nice to have a phone that can have all the bells and whistles on without a massive battery penalty. My OnePlus 9 was 12%/hr with 120hz on and a FHD display!

Auto brightness, Bluetooth, WiFi, 5G, 120hz, QHD+ all on.

It's true that my usage was almost completely on WiFi but even still, the last phone that got this kind of endurance without any tweaks was my iPhone 12 Pro Max.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jaseman:
Currently on my 2nd day on one charge sitting at 59% battery. But I use my phone(s) as tools, not toys. The whole point of being able to tweak/adjust display settings is to get what "you" need out of your phones battery reserves. Imagine if Google did NOT give us the ability to change our refresh rate, or resolution? People would be screaming bloody murder! And yet many of these same people say "if the phone can do it I am going to use it at full tilt all day long" and then complain about "poor" battery life. These things are not toys...they are expensive highly technical computerized communications devices. I think sometimes people forget this. I worked on Windows servers for 25 years and do you think we ran them at default settings...or the highest/fastest setting for everything all the time? Please, it NEVER happens that way! So run it the way you want but remember that your personal choices are what makes the battery last all day or not!
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] xgerryx:
The Pixel 6 didn't let you change the rez without a mod.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jaseman:
I did not know this but then again I did not have anything good to say about any Pixel until the 7 Pro. So I guess people had another thing to scream about?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] farnsbarns:
I'm normally one of the people with crappy battery wondering why people say theirs is fine. I get 6+ hours SOT in 1440p, 120hz, bluetooth 24/7, no dark mode, around 50/50 wifi/data etc, etc, and I transferred apps by connecting to Fold 3.

I'm also on my second handset (EE replaced, bad speaker, I think) and not seeing any difference between the 2.

One thing I thought of... Screen protector mode can make a difference. I don't have a SP yet so haven't turned that on.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Good to see I'm not the only one with good battery, I thought I was going to have to start disliking the phone because everyone else did. That's how it works, isn't it?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] george.smarandache:
I think the point of discussing and comparing all these stats, is to find the root cause behind the battery performance difference between units. It is true that none of us are using it the same, but if we can eliminate as many variables as possible, maybe we can find a solution...or not.

So far I tried High and Low settings, fresh install and data copy from older phone... Unfortunately, I am not even passing 4h SOT mark. That is almost as bad as a 2yo NOTE 20U.

Looking forward to seeing more stats from different users so I can decide if I'm RMA'ing this device or not. So thanks all for sharing.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jaseman:
So where are you when your screen is on for 4 hours? Are you outside in the bright sun? If so are you using auto brightness? If so then maybe try manual brightness and lower it to an acceptable level that is still usable. It's fairly common that auto brightness (which I use all the time) tends to push the screen to a brighter, more power hungry level, than manual control does. So if you know you're going to be in the bright sun for an extended period of time with your screen turned on you might want to try manual brightness instead of auto and see if that helps with the battery drain. There are numerous other settings that will have an effect on battery use besides jut the screen. Do you "need" 5G? I highly doubt it. So you could always turn off 5G and stick with LTE (especially if you are in a poor signal area) and your battery life will improve considerably. Here again is an area that has nothing to do with the screen. And one of the biggest issues with battery drain is poorly written apps that many people use. So...YMMV.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] george.smarandache:
Completely understand the point about screen brightness, but I use it mostly in my home office or work office. It is on auto, but the screen auto brightness of this phone is very pathetic as most of the time I can barely see what's on. Never had this issue on the Note 20U, always very well adjusted.

I turned 5G off as I wanted to try this scenario as well. No difference whatsoever as when I'm on data, I'm mostly in 5G area with great coverage.

Not sure what else to do. I have less than 20 apps installed, compared to 200+ that I used to on previous phone.

It does sound like I'm complaining only about it, but it's not the case, I'm only stating facts.

I am really trying to like it as there are many good things about it apart from very poor battery (in my case at least)

I appreciate the feedback though.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Just passed the 4 hour SOT mark on 59% battery after 14 hours and 16 minutes since taken off charge. I'm on for the most screen on time I've had so far as things stand, or would be if there was time.

I'm wondering if some of these devices have faults. There is simply too big a difference, even taking some things into account like apps installed and useage.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Linuxkek:
Like I said, almost only wifi + videos (youtube)
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Macblack1991:
I manage to get 9h SOT with WiFi, once im out n about, lte starts sucking up everything making my SOT go down to 3 max close to 4 hours...
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I had a screen on time before I finally put it on charge last night of 5 hours 21 minutes with 51% remaining. My average screen on after taking it off charge this morning has increased to 7 hours 41 minutes and overall average battery life to 23 hours and 58 minutes. Over those 4 full days that has included WiFi and data use.

I'm going to do today with my WiFi turned off and run it on nothing but mobile data, I expect a hit but I'd be surprised if it's as bad as some are making out.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] t0m2k:
i did the 5G only test yesterday and clocked 5h35m at around 2330 with 17% left.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] george.smarandache:
I am really curious how that is going to look like.

Appreciate the feedback and different scenarios you are putting the phone through.

I put mine to charge at 28% after 19h 49m usage with 3h 28m SOT. So let's see how this new cycle goes as I will be mostly on WIFI.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] The Graphic:
I've had the same issue, but i was using dual sim, after i deactivated the second sim i got "normal" life.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I don't use 5G and have it turned off, so I'm hoping to get slightly better than that. However, the mobile phone signal in my house isn't fantastic, so whilst I get 4G it's not a great 4G signal. I'm expecting that to have an effect.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
And like I said, your presumption is wrong but feel free to keep believing it if it makes you feel better.

You seem to want that to be the case so you can justify your bad battery life. Return the phone, you're clearly unhappy with it and no one should spend this much on a device they aren't completely satisfied with. I suggest you get an iphone, I hate them but it can't be denied the battery life is in another league.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Looking good so far, but it's early days.

Sitting at 1 hour 4 minutes SOT with just 4G active since taking it off charge, a 10 minute WhatsApp phone call and various other things like browsing and checking emails. No YouTube (sorry @Linuxkek). Sitting at 91% battery.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] t0m2k:
do you use any social stuff like Instagram or TikTok? Twitter?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I've got TikTok installed (I patched it with Revanced manager) but rarely use it. It's not been run today.

I've got FB Lite and FB Messenger Lite installed, I've run FB a couple of times this morning and checked a few things. Never used Instagram or Twitter.

Now sitting at 1 hour 37 minutes SOT on 86% battery. As things stand the difference between mobile data and wifi appears to be negligible but I'll have a better idea at the end of the day.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
So the first two hours of SOT I've averaged around 10% an hour, as I've just hit the 2 hour SOT mark on 81%.

Given that phone batteries always discharge faster the closer they get to being empty, I don't think it's unreasonable to say I'm going to get between 6 and 7 hours SOT on data alone at this rate. It's also worth mentioning I've had my Surfshark VPN running for at least 30 minutes of those two hours, another feather in the cap of the battery life of this handset.

I'm conscious of posting too much in this thread, so won't post again until I have my battery results at the end of the day unless I'm asked a direct question.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] ginfest:
Just wanted to say I had **** battery life on the 6 Pro which among other things caused me to upgrade to the 7 Pro. Two weeks and the battery life is great here, mostly 5G where I live. I run the phone to around 20% and charge it to 80% and been getting 2 plus days out of it.

In fact I keep saying to myself WTF, this is a lot better then the 6 Pro! Makes me wonder!
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] scottic2:
I have had my P7 Pro for 7 days now. For the first 6 days I was experiencing unacceptable battery drain on it, plus it would get warm when doing simple things such as browsing Reddit using Boost and taking photos via the camera app. I do some light gaming, nothing resource intensive. I turn off 5G on all of the phones that I have owned that offered 5G, as in my area it is more spotty than 4G. I disabled a lot of features, such as lift to wake, tap to wake, adaptive connectivity, etc. Tried running at 1080p vs 1440p, nothing helped the battery drain at all. Yesterday afternoon I turned off Smooth Display, battery life has been night and day since doing that. Running the display at 1440p with smooth display turned off, AOD on, Now Playing on, mostly wifi usage today, I'm at 84% remaining charge with almost 5 hours off the charger, 1 hour 42 minutes SOT and the phone does not get warm any more. Unfortunately I do not have SOT numbers for prior to disabling Smooth Display, but the battery drained extremely quickly prior to that change. If I wasn't able to resolve the battery drain the phone 100% would have been returned.

Now the question is, is that acceptable to me to disable this feature to preserve battery life? My S21 Ultra has the display running at 120Hz and the battery is perfect and the display is fluid, but I do appreciate the P7 Pro's camera and interface more than the S21U. Time will tell.

I'll go a full day today with smooth display turned off on my P7 Pro and will note the battery stats at the end of the day, tomorrow I'll re-enable the smooth display and keep an eye on things to see the difference. My usage should be pretty much the same today vs tomorrow, so it'll be a good test.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] xgerryx:
One of the reasons why the phone costs so much is the quality of the display. If you can't use, or you shouldn't use it due to horrific battery life, Google should have priced these 300 dollars lower. This is a reason to return it from my perspective.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] mwatson:
Day 6 today. 9 hours off charger. 1hr 33 SOT. Slowly getting better still only 1 app installed! 5G turned off. 4G all day. Mixture of whatsapp and youtube. Hopefully will improve over the next few days.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
Definitely a little more drain yesterday when I was out and about with the husband but not insanely bad or anything. Didn't turn anything off either.

Overall my battery has been quite good these past days once the phone settled in.

I wish the phone charged faster but I can work with this battery life.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] george.smarandache:
It seems like we are in the same boat here.

Have you copied the apps from the old phone or did a fresh set-up? I tried both and the later helped a bit.

As for the 120Hz, I would ask for my money back if I had to drop back to 60Hz in order to save battery...

It does make no sense to pay the premium price for a better display if then you turn it off to gain a couple of hours of SOT.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] notnoelchannel:
what do y'all think about the battery life so far? is it better than the 6Pro? just wondering! have a nice day
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Lughnasadh:
In my experience, it's better than the 6 Pro.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] scottic2:
I didn't transfer any apps via a cable to the P7, I might have restored apps from a Google backup? not entirely sure.

Totally agree about paying a premium price. I'll run some tests tomorrow with smooth display on and see what the differences are. I am running Accubattery now so I'll be able to get a good idea.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] xtcislove:
There is a huge difference between 120hz and 60hz in daily usage. Everybody knows that.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] george.smarandache:
Oh, google backup is not something that has been mentioned so far...

I'm keeping mine at 120Hz FHD. Today I had it on Wifi only and after 9.5h, 3h SOT, I'm down to 60% which I think is my best so far.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] MrBelter:
I did it via the cable and i am really happy with the battery life.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] scottic2:
Nice! I'm currently at 71% battery remaining, 2h 47m SOT.

I'll run my test tomorrow with 120Hz 1440p on all day and will report back with my findings. If my SOT is much lower tomorrow running at 120, I'll try a factory reset, set everything up again with no backup/restore and see what happens. I have until next Wednesday to initiate the return for this phone, so I have a bit more time to play with it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] notnoelchannel:
do y'all use AccuBattery to check your battery usage, or do y'all use something else? i'm curious
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] scottic2:
I just started using Accubattery yesterday, since the Pixel Battery management reporting is deplorable.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
Here's mine:

1) Smooth Display on.

2) 120hz on.

3) I've been using mine a lot and where I'm at, every day this week training for a job, signal has been abysmal. But you can see the stats. Not bad I'd say.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] xgerryx:
This is absolutely horrible honestly. Like 2010 level horrible.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
OK. I'm cautious that some members may throw a tantrum if I say another thing positive about this phone, but here goes.

Currently on 26% battery, 4G been on all day, no WiFi, Surfshark VPN used for at least an hour, around 30 minutes of Whatsapp calls, browsing, a bit of Youtube, my Huawei Watch GT2 connected through Bluetooth all day and about 15 minutes of phone calls. A total of 6 hours 12 minutes SOT.

I either work for Google and I'm lying, or the battery life on MY HANDSET AT LEAST is absolutely fantastic.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Sarcasm? Those stats are absolutely toilet.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] scottic2:
Hey beefheart, good for you. I am glad you aren't having battery issues. I am hoping to get to where you are at because I really like this phone a lot and and want to keep it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
I do hope it gets better. And soon.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I wish I could offer more advice beyond starting from scratch and not to copy across from a previous phone.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] scottic2:
No worries. I am a pro at factory resetting Android phones, LOL. Also makes it easier since I just initially set up this phone a week ago.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] george.smarandache:
Thanks for another round of testing and feedback.

I am sure you are not the only one with good battery experience on pixel 7 models.

Personally, I am not even getting close to that. Probably even if I take the sim out I won't get 6h of SOT.

I have a replacement 7 Pro on the way, so I will try that and see how it goes.

If not good, then back to Samsung...
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
Sad thing is, I'm not sure I can even exchange mine. I already done one exchange to get this with T Mobile. Had the S22 Plus and said hey, let's try this one...smh.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] gigaboss:
I am having a very hard time with battery life as well...

I disconnected 6h ago and I am already at 50% with 2h of screen on time. Screen off usage is bad (6.7% per hour when not in deep sleep).

I am on FHD and 120Hz, any recommendations? Should I turn off always on display?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] gigaboss:
I cannot do a full day without charging

This is bad :(
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
With battery like that, I would run BBS and see if you have wakelocks.

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-2-2-05-oct-v2-4-betterbatterystats.1179809/
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
Made a post in that thread. Had a question.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] xxTECRAxx:
this!

thread about battery life with those complaining about battery life without actual testing. pretty subjective without having like for like comparisons. people are talking about other phones with different hardware in addition to software. who knows what apps y'all have installed, again comparing between different phones, apps, and possibility of initial setup online vs offline along with copying over previous phone data. variations almost inconceivable.....

does anyone run FKM here? maybe we can start with showing some screenshots of battery stats tab.

for those that may want to know, I'm rooted, running stock firmware and kernel with SD maid, titanium backup, Franco Kernel Manager, icebox, AFwall, override DNS, and netguard installed.

I haven't fully tailored everything down but as of this moment, this is what I'm looking like
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] manners400:
I'm having no battery issues at all on this phone and can actually say I'm definitely getting better battery life than Pixel 6 pro, and Pixel 4XL.... It's not Apple pro max style of battery life however it definitely last me generally the day with no worries & I go anywhere from medium to heavy user.

I also keep every option on!
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jimv1983:
Your Pixel 5 had excellent battery life? I wish I could say the same. In the two years I've had it it's never been good.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Pain-N-Panic:
Had the pixel as my daily driver for a few days now...I can say with certainty that choosing 4g/LTE as the preferred network type rather than 5g greatly increased battery life.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] MrBelter:
For me the P7P is much improved over the P6P, it is 24 hours and 49 minutes since i took it off charge and i have 65% left.

I have not given it much stick though in this time as i am not very well so SOT is only 1hr 45min and i have only been out of the house for a couple of hours so it is mainly all on Wi-Fi. The phone is set to the default 1080p (1440p didn't make any significant difference to my eyes). Everything else is on and i cannot disable 2G or choose to turn off 5G without digging deeper than the standard menu and the signal is abysmal in my house.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] george.smarandache:
This is mine in the last 22h since charge.

Wifi only, 120Hz, 1080p, AOD on.

Losing 16% in 9h during the night is probably not too bad.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] george.smarandache:
Try to have a look at the battery stats in the system settings. Accu Battery won't always show the background usage culprit.

45% deepsleep on screen off time is very poor. You should have at least 80%.

Is that on WIFI or Data? Maybe worth tying with 4G only as it can make a difference if you are in a poor network area.

Other than that, It seems like a mix of background usage and high brightness [just an assumption... don't quote me on it].
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Linuxkek:
I really need to know from which phone you switch to the Pixel? Even without wifi this is really bad
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
I think I said it. Was the S22 Plus that I had for a few days, then exchanged for this one.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I'm actually a little concerned about accepting the next update Google send due to my current batter life being so good.

It would be annoying in the extreme if it resulted in what some people in this thread have.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] fonduekid:
Hi everyone - following my initial feedback here on page 1, and doing what @Beefheart said ^^, I decided to do a full factory reset and fresh install everything I needed (which was actually a good exercise too, because I noticed I had a bunch of apps which I never really used, and was having on my Pixel 6 Pro "just in case").

I can confirm that battery is performing well on the Pixel 7 Pro on my end, after the factory reset+fresh install. For the kind of usage pattern that I have, the battery is actually pretty good (and I am using 1440p, smooth display on, WiFi/5G, Bluetooth on full time (connected to my Pixel Watch + Plantronics headsets all day for work calls), messaging through 3 apps (including the stock Android messaging app), Gmail use, Outlook, music occasionally, etc.). I guess I'm never going back to transferring data through the cable/restore from backup... LOL!

I will continue to monitor with a bit more extensive use in the coming days, including travel. Happy to report back then, but I am feeling pretty confident it's just going to be fine.

Thanks @Beefheart for the suggestion.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] fonduekid:
Haha! I was thinking the same when providing the update above... (and I know I am a culprit too, for potentially contributing to anything Google might do to "fix" the battery for some, with my original feedback...)
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] scottic2:
Thanks fonduekid. I ran my test yesterday with Smooth Display turned off, 1440p enabled, 5G disabled (as I do with all of my phones due to poor 5G in my area and it not being a benefit to me), on wifi most of the day, 15 minutes of phone calls. Off the charger for 16h 9m, finished the day with 35% battery remaining, phone never even warmed up. 5h 54m SOT, which correlates to a little under 8 hours if I ran the battery down to 5%. This is amazing battery life for me.

Today I enabled Smooth Display and made no other changes so far, battery life is a bit behind what I got yesterday and the phone is definitely running warmer (not hot, just warm) with Smooth Display turned on.

I think rather than messing about, I am just going to do a factory reset today and not restore anything and see how I make out battery life after the reset.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] scottic2:
Do my texts in Google Messages restore to my device after I factory reset? If I don't choose to restore them, am I starting over and losing all of my text messages on my current phone? That is literally the only thing that I care about moving to my new phone, aside from everything else that is backed up in the cloud.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] george.smarandache:
That is not bad at all. I would say it is up there with how you'd expect the battery life to be.

Today I am running data only (4G) and proves to be poor. (1h 15min SOT, 4h 30 min since unplugged, 77% left).