Horrible battery since 8.0

[Wynnsman]

So since the 8.0 update, my battery has become terrible. I spoke to Google about it and after several attempts to fix the issue (hard and soft resets) they told me it was covered under warranty and I should replace it. Anyone else had this issue on a Verizon XL?

 

[libra89]

On my Verizon Pixel (non XL), I had bad battery life and random restarts at that. A hard reset fixed it for me. It isn't great but it is okay. I hope someone else can chime in to help you out here.

 

[matty032]

Since 8.1 beta I have no battery at all. Drains really quick.

 

[ptkelly]

I'm using Android 8.1 beta with no battery problems. The only problems I've ever had were with bad apps.

 

[Wynnsman]

I'm using Android 8.1 beta with no battery problems. The only problems I've ever had were with bad apps.

Do you have a list of some of the apps?

 

[matty032]

I'm using Android 8.1 beta with no battery problems. The only problems I've ever had were with bad apps.

Did you factory reset after install?

 

[Rocketsaucev2]

Did you factory reset after install?

Not who you asked, but I did factory reset and my battery on 8.1 has been improved over any previous version. Super happy about it

 

[mbxx]

I'm still with Nougat 7.1.2
I'm so worry I will lost my perfect battery life if I move to Oreo.
My Pixel works so fine with N still now.
I would like to move but I'm really worry it will be a kind of fault.
Is there someone what is thinking the same like me.

 

[ptkelly]

Yes, I did a factory reset. The Google backup works well.

I have never had a battery problem on Android 8. I had problems back on Android 5 but it was a music app that was draining the battery.

 

[libra89]

I'm still with Nougat 7.1.2
I'm so worry I will lost my perfect battery life if I move to Oreo.
My Pixel works so fine with N still now.
I would like to move but I'm really worry it will be a kind of fault.
Is there someone what is thinking the same like me.

Nope, you're not alone in this. I wanted one with Nougat but the guy I got mine from already loaded Oreo so I have been alright with it.

 

[LeoRex]

Upgrades do come with risk. But in general, you'll see better battery performance in 8... And even more so in 8.1. Google has been checking in a ton of enhancements to Android.

If you do run into problems, a factory reset will usually clear them up, and the benefits far out weight the risk.

Keep in mind that people often land here when they have a problem... So there is a selection bias... Makes small problems seem like big problems. If only 10 people in the world have a particular issue, but all 10 find themselves here, posting in the same thread they found in a Google search, it might appear that it's widespread when in reality it's 10 out of thousands, or millions...

 

[matty032]

I got horrible battery life after moving to 8.1. So I factory reset over the weekend. We'll see if that helps this week.