Google users with Pixel 8a and onwards can now monitor their phone’s battery capacity via the Settings app and then selecting Battery Information. Here, users can see how many times the battery has already been fully charged, when it was manufactured, and its date of first use.

In a new support document, Google has highlight how long your Pixel phone's battery may last before requiring replacement.

Pixel 4a devices will receive an automatic software update to Android 13. After the software update is downloaded, your device will restart automatically to

The Pixel 4a, released in the summer of 2020, was discontinued at the end of 2022. It received its last official software update in the summer of 2023, followed by a surprise security update in November 2023.

Google stopped updating the 2020 Pixel 4a after Android 13. The phone has not received any updates since August 2023. But this will soon change, as Google is reaching out to Pixel