Overheating on Google Pixel 6 has been a bone of contention since the usage of this smartphone skyrocketed. While some of the reasons for the overheating on Google Pixel 6 were traced to software issues (of which it was said that the Big G rolled a fix), the issue persisted after the rollout of fixes. Well, this article will be walking you through how you can reduce overheating on Google Pixel 6.
A fix for overheating on Google Pixel 6
After the September SMR rolled out on this lineup, some users on the Verizon network carrier still noticed the battery draining issue. Well, thanks to a Redditor, a fix has been proposed – for those who might have downloaded the September update but still haven’t gotten a fix – and it seems the fix is working out.
To get rid of this overheating on Google Pixel 6, you will have to disable the Usage Access to Digital Wellbeing and Device Health Services, how do you go about that? Simply navigate to your Settings and then to Usage Access. Tap on Device Health Services and Digital Wellbeing and toggle off, after which you then have to reboot your smartphone.
He mentioned that this move doubled his battery life and he also left a sad point of view on this fix. He says “It will affect adaptive battery and charging. It will affect the adaptive connection. It will affect any of your bedtime mode stuff. It will affect anything like Fitbits or fitness watches and all that type of stuff and I’m sure there’s quite a bit more. Unfortunately, we have to turn these features off to be able to use our phone.”
Some Redditors have noticed a significant difference after applying this fix. Here’s what cloudacoustic93 said: “Holy moly this worked. Just a few hours but there is a noticeable difference already.” – adding to this are other good reviews of this move. Well, we have this fix to deal with the overheating on Google Pixel 6 till the Big G does something about it because this issue is frustrating.
