Google Pixel 6/Pixel 6 Pro

Pixel 6a now been released - have created a separate thread for discussion of prices, availability etc. to keep this thread on topic.

Ok so got the update on my P6P last night. I was part of the quarterly 12 Beta and in fairness my experience was that the operation of the phone was smooth in the first place before I used 13.

A13 I feel so far from a smoothness of use is negligable, I don't see much difference and the phone is snappy as hell, as mentioned on A12 (QBs) it was aswell. Where 13 seems to have excelled and makes the user experience better is around some of the bug fixes and app behaviors.

1. The super annoying turn off screen while on a call bug that would continue once the call was over, so if you went near the phone it would turn off the screen seems to be fixed
2. Apps now remember where they were within the app if you flip in and out of them, for example QR codes for layality apps, if you swapped out of them and then back in you would have to go find the QR code again.
3. The Geo-Location update seem to work consistently now. Apps I use to determine my location (Home Vs. Away) and activate or deactivate alerts based on this have been consistently working the last 12 hours.

All in all this makes the phone much more consistent and I suppose add to the "smoothness"

Ill add a little here after a day about battery life and other QoS additions that I may not have come across yet.

Had the exact same issue with mine. Realised this morning before leaving for work that it hadn't fully charged on the pixel stand. Put it on another wireless charger in my office and it wouldn't charge at all until rebooting.

It's working fine with my P6 on my generic wireless charger from Aliexpress at work, haven't seen any difference between A12 & A13 at all.

The last few days since updating to 13 I've woken up to a partially charged battery sitting on my Google wireless charging stand. However, I have adaptive charging enabled and my son is waking me up half an hour before my alarm is due to go off so it's expected behaviour.

We shouldn't have to turn off the feature to make the phone charge. It wasn't a problem in the past.

I don't work for Google. I'm just telling you what I think will work to fix the issue. Don't do it if you don't want to. No skin off my nose.

So I got the Pixel 6 at launch. Pre-ordered. I like the camera and camera functions but the battery life is just killing me. I use it as a dual SIM (Personal is the e-SIM with Vodafone and physical is work). I don't know if it's because one of the SIMs is e-SIM or what but I barely get 12-13 hours with light usage before it dies on me. I have purged apps (It's not running anything my previous phones weren't running) and factory reset and it still just runs SO hot when doing anything. Even doing something as simple as youtube or even the gallery. I don't think there is anything WRONG with the phone. I'm just disappointed. It's in perfect condition. Not a single scratch or dent on it. Going to trade it in with oneplus.

I mean, hey, I can't complain. Got an awesome pair of headphones with it. I don't feel like I've been burned (Apart from the phone running so damn hot). But it just doesn't live up to anywhere near where I expected.

I've had this for about 4 months now (coming from a Huawei P30 Pro). The Huawei phone definitely had a better battery life.

Not sure if my next phone will be a Pixel, but we'll see how the 7 reviews.

Are you using 5G on one or both SIMs? If 5G is not correctly configured with your carrier it will be constantly searching & reconnecting for a signal. 5G also requires more power - making phone run warmer and chew through battery life faster. Try a test to switch off 5G for a couple of days and see how that goes.

Oddly enough I again woke up early today and this time my battery was already at 100%. As a result I'm not sure if the adaptive battery functionality is a little messed up since the upgrade to 13 or if the adaptive battery functionality is actually smarter than I thought and doesn't just rely on an alarm to determine when to optimally reach 100%.

My battery life seems fairly unchanged since the update. I could still get 2 days moderate usage out of the P6 if I was careful. I'm on 4G (rather than be 5G) when out and about though (but mostly on WiFi at home/work)

Some suggest if you have Samsung Health installed turn off Physical Activity off, as its tracked on the Samsung Watch. Worked on my older Pixel.

I had it a few weeks back, was trying to cast a film to my TV and the WiFi kept dropping and reconnecting which killed the cast. I had to give up and transfer the file onto a laptop and plug that into the TV instead. I think it's working ok now without me doing anything, haven't noticed it dropping recently. I hope so anyway, lack of Miracast support is one of the main reasons I'd never buy an iPhone.

I managed to accidentally smash the back glass on my P6 Pro, despite it been in an Otterbox case :(

Has anyone got one repaired? What sort of cost is it? Thanks