Rita El Khoury / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google is rolling out the July 2025 software program replace for all supported Pixel gadgets.
- Eligible gadgets embrace the Pixel 6a, 7, 7 Professional, 7a, Pill, Fold, 8, 8 Professional, 8a, 9, 9 Professional, 9 Professional XL, 9 Professional Fold, and 9a.
- Together with the safety patch, this replace begins the Pixel 6a’s Battery Efficiency Program.
It’s July and a brand new software program replace is ready in your Pixel telephone. This month’s replace, sadly, comes with some unhealthy information should you personal a Pixel 6a.
Google has introduced that it’s rolling out the month-to-month software program replace for July, together with the July safety patch. This replace options the construct quantity BP2A.250705.008 and is obtainable for the Pixel 6a, 7, 7 Professional, 7a, Pill, Fold, 8, 8 Professional, 8a, 9, 9 Professional, 9 Professional XL, 9 Professional Fold, and 9a. Apparently, the Pixel 6 and 6 Professional had been left off the record. One other notable tidbit is that the safety bulletin mentions there are “no Android safety patches” on this month’s replace.
July’s replace comprises the next fixes:
- Show & Graphics
Repair to enhance smoother visible experiences in apps like Android Auto*[1] - Wi-Fi
Repair to enhance Wi-Fi connectivity stability and efficiency in sure circumstances
With that out of the way in which, right here’s the unhealthy information. You could bear in mind after we found that Google might power Battery Well being Help to stay enabled, progressively reducing your battery’s most voltage in phases. That is for the aim of lowering potential battery overheating dangers. Google later confirmed that it intends to subject “a compulsory computerized software program replace to Android 16” in a Battery Efficiency Program help web page for the Pixel 6a. As we speak’s replace occurs to be the beginning of that rollout.
Though that is the start of the Pixel 6a’s Battery Efficiency Program, not all homeowners will see modifications to their battery life. Google says “solely Impacted Gadgets will obtain the battery administration options.” In case your gadget is taken into account to be impacted, the administration options will solely activate after you’ve reached 400 cost cycles.