I received the latest update for my Google pixel 4a this month (January 2025) only to find it destroyed my battery. Not a word of warning about this from Google. I've no doubt they're still rolling it out. Google admits their failure and is offering free battery replacements for phones that have suffered.Following their advice, I visited the EE shop in Aintree Merseyside who told me my phone must be sent away and would be wiped during the procedure. They said EE in Liverpool One may do it at the store. A complete waste of time and money, I now have to visit EE in Liverpool. I've had no choice than to purchase a new phone and have this appeasement effort by Google done when EE can fit me in.One thing is for certain; I'll not be buying a Google phone again and would advise others to take heed of what may happen in the future with Google products.Could it be that this is a test dummy run to see how many people won't have a clue what's happened here and just put it down to a broken device and purchase a new Google product?Could this be the start of a new trend to actually nobble phones using updates to boost sales? It's a major cockup for sure. How could something like this happen and leave many people without phones? Was it a genuine mistake or planned? Why was this update not tested on all phone models before it was rolled out? I guess we'll never get the truth, but I'll not be chancing this again with Google gear.
