The REAL Problem With Pixel 6 Charging Speeds (and How Google Can Fix It)
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- The Pixel 6 is Google's smartphone vison in its completed form, and after years of trial and error, it appears Google has finally made the phone we have been waiting for.
But no product is perfect, and it appears one of the biggest imperfections of the Pixel 6 series is charging speeds.
So just how bad ARE the charging speeds on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, and what, if anything, can be done about it?
Today, the answers to these questions shall be laid bare for the world to see.
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Great video ! I noticed the slow charging speeds at night when I would place it on a wireless charger. Overnight slow charging is not bad at all for me personally. Can’t wait to see that full review of the pixel 6 pro ✊🏼
Thanks Str8. Always appreciate the support.
Bought a Pixel 6 after accidentally breaking my old Huawei P20Pro. Found the Pixel 6 to be EXTREMELY slow to charge and poor battery life compared to my 4 year old Huawei. I find it incredibly frustrating that the Pixel 6 is so temperamental with chargers considering Google don't even bother supplying a charger with their phones. Charging is switching of when charging and using the phone at the same time (not sure if this is a feature to preserve battery or prevent lithium overheating?).
Marcel: You are not the first person I have seen mention these issues. I personally haven't had any issues with charging except for the lack of speed but I've always used Google's own charger.
As far as battery life, I know that has been a struggle for a lot of folks. Battery life for me has been comparable to my s21 Ultra. I wouldn't say it's great, but it's also not bad. Hopefully when Google is done rolling out all of their fixes for this phone that piece of things will improve.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and thanks for watching.
I bought pixel 6 pro because of my Huawei mate 20 pro got broken. Now I am also totally disappointed with charging time. 3-4 hours taking for full charge in pixel. They have not provided OEM charger with phone. Huawei was great with small price and great features. Even after giving double price for pixel 6 pro, I feel like I've downgraded.
my pixel 6 pro still overheats😭😡
@@emmanuelcleatus5422 seriously. downgrade for sure. I feel like returning and swallowing that $50 restock fee from Verizon 😭
@@emmanuelcleatus5422 3-4h? youre using like 5watts
It goes to 80% with a correct cable and charger in an hour for me.
Thank you very much! I've been looking for such a video for some time. Very informative as I wished
Keep it up!
Thank you! Glad you found it useful!
Been searching for this explanatory video from so long for my pixel device
Glad you found it!
Great video. Found myself here after being frustrated with my phone charging all night and not reaching a full charge. I love the idea of protecting my battery long term but i don't particularly like starting the day with with 80% battery life because the battery doesn't seem to last long and Im not always in the position or able to charge my phone.
I appreciate the battery protection as well, although you could argue that Google has overshot the mark here. Thanks for watching!
Very great and important video!
Thanks Tony. Appreciate that.
I made it big time😎 Thanks for the shout-out man! Dope review
Also congrats on 2k
V: Hah! Hopefully a shout out will REALLY be big time one day.
Thanks again for the idea!
I used the same type of cables testing all my phones & chargers. 😁 Great video 👍
It's freaking addicting!
Great video. I was using ine if these cables on my pixel 8 pro, and csnt get it to go faster than 23 watts which us weird. I was at 35-40 percent starting out, but i still find it weied. Turned off adaptive charging.
Only works during the night, which is why you didn't see the adaptive charging work.
Interesting... but isn't this like one of those road mileage tests? Charging with the phone off?I need to use my phone while it's charging as I can't be incommunicado for 2 hours non stop. So I leave it on and I use it a bit. Like this, it takes 3 hours to charge! I'm using a OnePlus 30W Warp charger with a USB 3 cable I picked up at Amazon. Are those by any chance the problem? This charger charged my OnePlus 7T in 1 hour.
I also have a OnePlus 7T and I can tell you the 30 watt charger that came with that phone will charge the pixel slower than Google's own 30 watt charger, so that can definitely be part of the problem, that said, even with the Google charger, you won't match the charge speeds you got with the OnePlus. It's just a slower charging phone in general.
Can you do a video on why wireless charging isn't working? I just got this phone and I guess other people are having the same problem
Limon: No. The wireless charging on my specific phone works fine so I have no frame of reference.
I have read that the phone doesn't play well with certain wired chargers. Perhaps the same is true with wireless charging? Hard to say.
Oh really thank you ! Best video for pixel charging !
Seems will not buy pixel this year after seeing this my phone is charging the battery in 50mins and im making over 60 calls a day due to the nature of my work can await 2 hours to get my phone full charged !
The question is do u think that google can change charging speed by releasing update or this is it till next year?
TAHER: it will never be able to take advantage of the 30 watt charger, that's a hardware issue. I do think the majority of the throttling is being done through software so I do think that is something Google could improve. It is a really nice phone, and it would be a shame not to get it just because of the charging speed. Have you ever considered getting a battery case??
I just got his phone and using my Samsung fast charger brick and fast Samsung wireless charger are charging so slow yet on my Samsung it was super fast ? Is there an option like Samsung to turn on fast and super fast charging. What's weird is when I plug it in the screen doesn't say fast charging like my Samsung did?
Most charge bricks use specific tech catered to the the phone they are meant to be used with, for example, my Pixel 6 won't charge AT ALL with my OnePlus charge brick. It's a weird situation and the Pixel is the most finicky phone I have owned when it comes to what bricks work with it. I'm half surprised the Samsung brick works at all, but you definitely won't get any fast charging with it.
Adaptive charging has a different effect. When adaptive charging is on the phone will stay at 80% most of the night and reach 100% only right before the alarm goes off
That's what it's supposed to do, but I wanted to make sure it didn't have any additional effects on charging speeds as well, and you know as well as I do if I didn't test it with adaptive charging both on and off people would have questioned the results.
I've got an Anker Atom 2 65 watt charger and Anker Flow 100 watt cable and charging my 6 Pro is a main. Tried all the options you did in the video and it just doesn't want to charge fast. They do need to let the user decide how fast they want their phones to charge regardless of battery health. I upgrade every two years so fast charging stuff doesn't bother me. They do need to fix it though in an update
Nick: Good to know you got the same results. Thanks for sharing!
If you don't use a ppd charger your charging speed will be much slower than the video. With both of my PPD chargers it will hit 18 watts for a few mins but it mostly charges at 13 watts. Im guessing the actual google charger is how he is getting over 22 watts. Another thing, the battery heats up quickly at over 15 watts and it will slow charging down if it gets over 90 -95 degs. I have the AC blow on it while I charge or set it on an ice pack if I want it to charge as fast as it can. If anybody has any more tips let me know
Hi! Things are still the same? Google did not come with a software trick to make the phone charge faster?
Sadly I no longer have the phone, but to the best of my knowledge, the answer to your question is "no".
@@RandoTechInfo Ok, thank you!
I've got a phone for a month already and I'm saying no to your question :(
However, I feel confident of the phones battery lifetime, so I rarely charge it 100%. Usually I have up to 80% charged and 6-7 hours screen-on using messengers, UA-cam, Reddit, Twitch, camera for
Sir same with my pixel 6A it's annoying me like do whatever you can I will charge as per mine mindset. I turned off adaptive charging 03 days it's charging very nicely but after that in a day second time am charging it and if it is below 50% then it's taking another 02 hours sometimes more then it too charge
Are you using Google's charge brick?
I just received my Pixel 6 Pro. It came with a charging cord only, so I've plugged it into my power board that has a USB C port, it has 44% charge and after an 1hr I went to check it and it has dropped to 41%. So I moved it to another power board with a USB C port and now it's dropped to 40%. Do I have to purchase a plug? I've not started it up or inserted my SIM as I'm not ready yet to transfer over from my old phone. Is this the issue do you think? Cheers, and thanks
I don't know what kind of power output your boards have but my guess is they just aren't putting out enough juice. Google's own charge brick will probably give you optimal results but any 15W brick (or higher) should get you up and going. Thanks for watching!
You need a PPD charger like an anker Nano if you want decent charging speeds and that is probably still slower than the google charger, my fastest speed is 18 watts. With a normal USB C charger it get 7 watts max
loving the 3D chess set.. Queen to kings level 2 captain.
I was on Star Trek Set Tour / New Voyages webseries as a crew member on the set. Ours wasn't nearly that nice to look at. :)
That's awesome. I bet that was a good time.
Nothing makes me rage more than having to run around the house and getting my PD chargers just to get the Pixel to draw more than a 1 amp charge. Samsung will happily charge with a standard USB C to USB A brick. My house has a 3.1 amp USB A outlet however the Pixel will not draw anything over 1.8 amps from the outlet. It specifically looks for a PD charger inorder to ensure it doesn't draw too much power. This makes no sense since limiting amps drawn from a source doesn't actually hurt the charging brick. It just needs to turn the house AC into DC. When using a 65 watt charger, the Pixel will sometimes decide to only draw 2.4 amps of power despite the ability of the charger ability to provide more. The Pixel's charging experience is just frustrating to me and I often have my phone at or below 50 percent battery all the time because it takes so long to charge. When I'm working, I have it plugged into the usb C on my laptop the whole shift and it takes its sweet time getting up to 50 percent.
Raj: Yeah, Google defiantly has charging issues with the Pixel. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience with us. Hopefully this is something they resolve on the Pixel 7.
@@RandoTechInfo All they need to do is fix it in software.
My pixel 6 pro says "5 hours until full charge"... It's at 25%. Please someone tell me how to make it faster. This is horrible.
Maybe cheap charger and cable?
Get a charger that supports PD 3.0 PPS like the Samsung ones.
Thermal throttling also affects the speed .Not recommended ,but I take the case off and place it on a cold gel pack or can of coke. I use an app called amperage.
I'm a Pepsi man myself.
I do the same thing or I have the ac blow on it. It makes a huge difference the battery temp will hit 95 degrees in less than 5 mins and charging speed cuts in half at that point. Probably not an issue in the winter time
about to return my #pixel6pro. it gets too hot when I charge my phone in my car and does not charge while I'm using my phone. never had this issue with pixel 3xl😭
Car chargers can be very finicky. If you like the phone, I would try a different charger before you give up on it, that said, I do think the 6 series is ALSO finicky when it comes to charging. Definitely seems to work better with first party chargers.
I am very confused on what people are talking about..if you turn off adaptive charging and use a 25 watt charging, the phone charges miles faster than 2 hours. I'll make a video to show you all..
MJ: Please do. I would like to get to the bottom of this.
@@RandoTechInfo I guess he never made a video?
@@rudolf895 Guess not.
Well i tried this and still the same charging speed takes 2 hours to full charge !
Switching to GrapheneOS fixes this AND de-Googles your phone with the option of sandboxed profiles that can run Google Play Services if you need to. There's literally no reason not to do this.
Will Pixel 6 pro's battery get damaged if using a 65W power brick? I understand the phone itself can only use 23W max to wire-charge.
I can't say absolutely for sure but I would think it would be fine. Almost all phones have safety features built into them so they don't overheat regardless of the charger.
Most batteries perform better if charged slowly from 0-20%, then from 80-100% or battery life suffers. Cheers
Rhett: No doubt.
Not really , there's nothing wrong with charging fast from 0 to 20 , because it's heat that hurts them. Short bursts are ok when fast charging , but only when needed . You're right about 80 to 100 though , mainly because charging to 100 is damaging to the battery . Lithium batteries don't like sitting at 100%
They need to get their crap together, even fanboys like me are losing the love we used to have for this company. Charging sucks, battery is draining without use, my 5a was a laggy turd, 6a lives on it's charger, can't work in the outdoor heat without overheating, we shouldn't need battery saver turned on for it to discharge like normal
Should've tried charging it while powered off. That may have circumvented the adaptive charging.
Yeah, but that's not how most people charge their phones. Would be interesting information I guess.
I bought this phone last and the battery life sucks . No fast charging they lied😡😡😡
Haven't had a real battery LIFE issues but the charging is certainly less than stellar.
True.
Pixel charging sucks, wireless charging on pixel is sucks,.
🤔All of this complaining from these "reviewers" about the pixel 6 or pro. I'm starting to think to myself like are these people getting paid by Apple or Samsung because I deal with none of this. 🤷🏿♂️
Not sure what you mean by "dealing with none of this". Are you saying your Pro charges faster than the one I tested?
In any case, I think the Pro is a really great device, (watch my review if you like).
One thing I can promise is neither Samsung or Apple has sent me any checks.
I guess you're the one that got the functioning batch. They probably threw a bunch of shitty phones out into the general public and figured it will work itself out😭
Al menos hace lo mismo del iPhone para cuidar su batería. Que mucho se quejan. 🫤
Actually it still charges faster than iPhone. 😁