[chabad360]

Speaking as a Pixel 4a customer with this update: I received the update, and like everyone else, my phone battery started draining incredibly quickly. However, after getting the free battery replacement, my phone's battery has returned to draining as normal (and on the plus side, has somewhat renewed the life of this phone).

[snovymgodym]

I'm glad it worked out for you.

The problem is, the Pixel 4a is not designed to have the battery be swapped and it's common to break screens and other parts of the phone in the process. You can look up what's involved and it's no surprise that this is the case.

It's basically a nice little case of hardware and software anti-consumer policies working together to break people's devices and force them to consume more.

Without legislation nothing will change.

[snailmailstare]

I think the EU is fixing it for the pixel 11a and up.

[kpeeters]

Ditto. Replaced battery, phone is as new.