Pixel 6 Pro overheating

[Wonka1951]

My Pixel 2 XL always worked fine, my 4a5G overheated when I had it, and my 6 Pro overheats way too often. Was taping some action at our county fair and had to stop because it got hot. Same happened with 4a5G. Never had the problem with my 2 XL. Any ideas?

 

[mustang7757]

Try turning 5g off

 

[B. Diddy]

What was the outdoor temperature when you were filming? Considering the heatwave much of the US is experiencing (apologies if you live somewhere else besides the US), it's possible for any phone to heat up significantly in the outdoors when doing some processor-intensive task (since it's harder to dissipate the heat efficiently).

 

[J Dubbs]

What was the outdoor temperature when you were filming? Considering the heatwave much of the US is experiencing (apologies if you live somewhere else besides the US), it's possible for any phone to heat up significantly in the outdoors when doing some processor-intensive task (since it's harder to dissipate the heat efficiently).

The new phones are packing much faster hardware, with much higher definition video recording capabilities, into the same basic phone sized packages as previous phones. It seems like all the newer higher end phones are showing more heat issues. The industry might have to focus more on cooling technology to keep up with the faster hardware. And passive cooling doesn't seem to be cutting it.

Do you think we'll see phones with built in fan-forced cooling? The fan kicks into high gear like an overclocked pc when the phone starts heating up?

"Excuse me honey, I can't hear you, the fan kicked in on my phone because it's getting hot, can I call you back when it cools off?"

 

[Morty2264]

The new phones are packing much faster hardware, with much higher definition video recording capabilities, into the same basic phone sized packages as previous phones. It seems like all the newer higher end phones are showing more heat issues. The industry might have to focus more on cooling technology to keep up with the faster hardware. And passive cooling doesn't seem to be cutting it.

Do you think we'll see phones with built in fan-forced cooling? The fan kicks into high gear like an overclocked pc when the phone starts heating up?

"Excuse me honey, I can't hear you, the fan kicked in on my phone because it's getting hot, can I call you back when it cools off?"

That conversation at the end of your post sounds like something that will soon happen! I'm picturing those little mini fans attached to the back of one's phone, like a sort of Moto Mod.

 

[B. Diddy]

The new phones are packing much faster hardware, with much higher definition video recording capabilities, into the same basic phone sized packages as previous phones. It seems like all the newer higher end phones are showing more heat issues. The industry might have to focus more on cooling technology to keep up with the faster hardware. And passive cooling doesn't seem to be cutting it.

Do you think we'll see phones with built in fan-forced cooling? The fan kicks into high gear like an overclocked pc when the phone starts heating up?

"Excuse me honey, I can't hear you, the fan kicked in on my phone because it's getting hot, can I call you back when it cools off?"

All good points! I think fans will remain with gaming phones only. More likely, CPU manufacturers (or phone manufacturers themselves like Apple and Google) will continue to work on chips that are more energy efficient. This usually means less powerful chips, but as technology continues to advance, I would expect ultra-low power CPUs to be just as fast as the current top-of-the-line Snapdragon or Apple CPUs within a couple of years.