Reminder for yall to turn off anything related to Digital Wellbeing. That has been known to be a huge source of battery drain on Pixels. Somehow my P6P had it enabled... after turning it off I saw noticeable improvement. That's all folks.
Posted Oct 26, 2022, 1:24 PM UTC
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Yep, I use it to track screen usage and last week or so have been getting 6-8+ according to it with between 35-50% left at the end of the day. Battery estimate from full has been 1 day 4 hours the last couple days.
I used to have this off on A12. Guess it may have re-enabled itself somehow or I accidentally turned it back on. Although with it on, I'm getting the same results as you folks. Vanilla P6 averaging 6-8 hours SoT based on the dashboard. I'll stand by the old saying if it ain't broken, don't fix it.
I'm pretty sure this is placebo effect, digital wellbeing either runs in the background very rarely or not at all, it gains data with the usage stats permission, which gives it access to data recorded by the system even if digital wellbeing is disabled (in fact, you can even find those usage stats via developer settings or other apps that do the same thing). All it does is show you that data that the system gathered in the background, it's not actually recording it.
Currently on my 4a, it's a cached process using 2 MB of ram.
If i remember correctly, it did impact battery life at some point because of a bug, but that was fixed years ago.
I agree. I found turning mobile data always active off. And simply restricting social media apps aswell as digital wellbeing. All other on and adaptive 👌
I tried turning off mobile data always active and started getting missed call notifications lol. Turned that back on. Phone was not switching mobile data back on fast enough for me to receive calls
Interesting do you use wifi calling ? I do not
No, wifi calling is always turned off.
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I have the Pixel 7 Pro and it's been great for me. Battery life and thermals are good. Fingerprint sensor is much better than Pixel 6 BUT still slower than my Pixel 3a. The balance of the phone is really good compared to the P6P. Easier to hold and use especially with the buttons being lower. Screen is really pretty. Using the Omoton TPU screen protector and it's been nice. Really like the camera with the zoom and night sight.
I have no issue with my pixel 7 pro using the digital wellbeing and my battery life
same here, no issues with it turned on.
The biggest source of battery drain in my experience. Turn off Digital Wellbeing and Device Health Services. This will let you keep 5G enabled and have normal battery life.
OG post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pixel6/comments/xc3bkv/battery_drain_and_overheating_fix_i_posted_this/
I am surprised how long the battery lasts if the phone is off.
This one neat trick for unlimited battery life
Yes, digital wellbeing is so central to the phone that one cannot use a phone without it