Did Android 13 make the screen-on time on your Pixel 6 series phone shorter or longer?
When first released, the Pixel 6 had the longest running battery for watching YouTube videos
Several users blamed the Samsung Health app, but others, like user badadam1969, disagreed. His post stated, “I have Samsung Health but it is not the problem. It is already optimized with the step counting turned off. It only uses around 3-5%. My SOT on Beta 4.1 was around 6-7 hours and after the stable update it’s gone down to 4 hours with the same usage. I’ll try a factory reset and see if that helps.”
As for this writer’s Pixel 6 Pro, since yours truly spends most of each day inside slaving behind a QWERTY keyboard, my phone is usually plugged in. Yeah, not good for the long-term health of the battery, but it keeps me near 100% when it is time to go out (plus there is also a 36800mAh power bank I can bring).
What has your experience been with battery life on the Pixel 6 line after installing Android 13?
The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have decently sized batteries weighing in at 4614mAh and 5003mAh respectively. Even before the Android 13 update came out there were mixed reviews about the batteries on the two phones. The Pixel 6 did have the top score on our YouTube Video Playback test back in November lasting 11 hours before conking out. The iPhone 13 Pro Max was next at 10 hours and 23 minutes, followed by the Pixel 6 Pro at 9 hours and 10 minutes. The Galaxy S21 Ultra (8 hours and 52 minutes), and iPhone 13 Pro (8 hours and 26 minutes) followed.
While the Pixel 6 has the smaller battery between the two, it also has a smaller screen with a 1080p resolution compared to the 1440p resolution on the Pixel 6 Pro display. The latter also has a refresh rate of 120Hz compared to 90Hz on the smaller phone.
