Google Pixel - How is your battery life?

[Almeuit]

Battery life on regular pixel is about the only standout item about this phone. I'm getting a whole day plus as i do with my S7 edge and axon 7. But the batteries in those phones are bigger. So, yes, great battery life.

I get better life on my Pixel XL than I did on my S7 Edge.

 

[Norg]

Re: regular pixel battery life is awesome

I just hope it stays that way and future updates don't cut into it any to shorten it

That's pretty darn close to what I have on my G5....cool to see so many people excited about their smartphones.

 

[Norg]

Re: regular pixel battery life is awesome

2770 mAh, so not huge but the combo of the AMOLED screen and power saving features of Nougat do a good job making the most of it.

Thanks, that's pretty darn close to what I have on my G5, and I've been very happy, so Pixel can only be better.

 

[christophermccarthy]

Does anyone know how a pixel charges at night when it's off? Is it automatically on rapid charge or does it just have a regular slow charge at night??

 

[rslifkin]

It'll charge as fast as the charger supports. It's not a bad idea to use an A-C cable with an older 1a charger for overnight charging. It'll still be full in the morning, but it'll charge slower and be nicer to the battery.

 

[Richard Servello]

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What's wrong is you never turn off your screen. Try looking away occasionally.

 

[popkurn611]

The standby time is absolutely phenomenal!!! I think it may even be better than the iPhone

 

[turb0wned]

My battery life has been trash since day one on my XL. 3.5-4 hours of screen time. Maybe I should reset the phone. This kind of stuff is what makes me appreciate the iPhone 7 plus more.

I will not get rid of Facebook app, messenger or Instagram. I bought a smartphone to use as a smartphone.

Are you guys disabling Google now feed?

 

[wordfool]

Compared to my Z3 Compact (a battery legend) the regular Pixel is actually better than I expected. I'm not a big gamer or video watcher, but I'm easily getting 6+ hours SoT in a day of heavy use, or 4-5 hours over two days if I'm not using the phone much -- yes, this phone can last me two days of regular-light use between charges. A night the battery drops only about 1-2% and GSAM reports well under 1% loss an hour during the day if the phone's idle.

At home I'm on WiFi all the time, and I usually get medium LTE reception in most places. I don't have any Facebook apps installed (learned that lesson years ago), and I spent a few hours ensuring everything else is optimized for battery life -- mainly ensuring app permissions are well locked down, especially those of social apps like Twitter and Instagram. I also don't use live widgets, which I've always found a huge battery drain. If I want news, I'll go online. If I want to know the weather, I'll look out the window! I do have four email accounts set up to check mail regularly, including one push. That's probably the extent of my phone's idle activity.

My screen brightness is also usually set at about 33% with adaptive brightness active (I've never like overly bright screens) and I have a mostly black wallpaper. Two things that definitely eat into battery life are navigation (not usually a problem since I'm usually in a car with charger) and the camera, but that's typical of any phone these days. Otherwise the Pixel seems remarkably power-frugal... or maybe it's just me that's power frugal. I've even skipped installing Greenify because I see no need with this phone and Android 7.