Inconsistent screen time information

[srgonu]

On my pixel fold screen time information under battery usage is different from screen time information in digital well being. This should be the same for a specific day and I think Google is faking the information under battery usage. I am posting it here as not much traction in Google Pixel Fold forums. Let me know if you folks are seeing the same disparity on your pixel 8's.

 

[bkeaver]

I've had the opposite result as you. The battery stat shows less time than well being. I will say the digital well-being time is more accurate in my case, also I will add this is pretty much a useless statistic for me as this is never a consistent measurement of usage to go by and will always vary depending on how you use your phone that day.

 

[srgonu]

Digital well being resets at 12 am and doesn't care if the phone is at full charge or not. Battery usage shows usage after full charge. To accurately find the difference, don't use the phone after 12am (or charge the phone to 100% by 12 am) and charge it to 100% first thing in the morning before you use. I tried this multiple times and Digital well being shows less screen time compared to battery usage.

 

[bkeaver]

Digital well being resets at 12 am and doesn't care if the phone is at full charge or not. Battery usage shows usage after full charge. To accurately find the difference, don't use the phone after 12am (or charge the phone to 100% by 12 am) and charge it to 100% first thing in the morning before you use. I tried this multiple times and Digital well being shows less screen time compared to battery usage.

And both of my screenshots were times for the same day since the charger was taken off. So your explanation doesn't cover my scenario.

 

[B. Diddy]

@srgonu, did you try refreshing the Digital Wellbeing screen, or exit out of it and go right back to it? I noticed just now that when I looked at Digital Wellbeing, it was far behind what the Battery menu reported, but when I went back to Digital Wellbeing, it was updated to be almost the same as what the Battery menu reports.

 

[srgonu]

@srgonu, did you try refreshing the Digital Wellbeing screen, or exit out of it and go right back to it? I noticed just now that when I looked at Digital Wellbeing, it was far behind what the Battery menu reported, but when I went back to Digital Wellbeing, it was updated to be almost the same as what the Battery menu reports.

Yes, I did refresh. But that's fine. It's just a small annoyance.