Google made a puzzling choice with the Pixel 9

Google’s Pixel units have supported Battery Share for some time, permitting you to wi-fi cost different units and equipment utilizing a supported telephone. Beforehand, you may carry out this job whereas additionally charging your telephone whereas it was plugged in. Nonetheless, with the discharge of the Google Pixel 9 sequence, you may not accomplish that.

As Android Police has found, a brand new Google support page explains that Battery Share routinely turns off each time your Pixel 9 is plugged right into a wired charger. This implies you may not cost your telephone and equipment concurrently. Although Google hasn’t confirmed why, this alteration has most likely been made to cut back warmth and improve the telephone’s battery lifespan.

Apparently, earlier Pixels routinely turned on Battery Share everytime you started charging your telephone, saving you a step by not having to allow it within the settings app manually. Conversely, on these telephones, Battery Share is turned off quickly after in case you aren’t charging an adjunct.

This alteration shouldn’t be important, significantly as a result of utilizing Battery Share whereas charging your telephone reduces the general charging velocity. Moreover, many reviewers have talked about that this 12 months’s Pixels have improved battery effectivity, so that you’ll spend much less time charging your units anyway. Additional, it will likely be attention-grabbing to see if a future software program replace will deactivate this characteristic on older Pixel fashions just like the Pixel 8 Professional.

The Google Pixel 9 sequence contains 4 telephones: the bottom Pixel 9 and the three Professional fashions — the Pixel 9 Professional, Pixel 9 Professional XL, and Pixel 9 Professional Fold.

The Pixel 5 was the primary Pixel telephone to help Battery Share (reverse wi-fi charging). Apparently, the all-new Pixel 9 Professional Fold, just like the Pixel Fold earlier than it, doesn’t help Battery Share in any capability.