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TL;DR
- Google has confirmed that the Pixel 10a’s Battery Health Assistance feature can’t be disabled.
- This comes after the Pixel 9a and Pixel 10 series also shipped with mandatory Battery Health Assistance.
- This feature throttles your phone’s charging speed and battery capacity over time.
Google introduced a Battery Health Assistance (BHA) feature to its phones last year, which reduces your phone’s effective battery capacity and charging speed over time. The feature is optional on older Pixels, but Google made this mandatory on its 2025 phones. Unfortunately, there’s bad news if you were hoping for optional throttling on the Pixel 10a.
Google confirmed during a media briefing that the Pixel 10a’s Battery Health Assistance feature can’t be turned off. This is a stage-based process that kicks in after 200 cycles, with maximum throttling taking place after 1,000 cycles.
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