As reported by Android Authority and pointed out on Reddit, a Google developer on the public Android Issue Tracker site said the battery health indicator feature will only come to the company’s Pixel 8A and newer models, and that Google “won’t fix” the problem because it’s “infeasible.”

Google's Android 16 beta includes new battery health tools It has seemingly confimed they'll be exclusive to Pixel 8 and newer devices We might learn more at Google I/O on May 20, 2025 One of the most useful features coming to devices with Android 16 will be new battery health tools found in your Pixel phone’s settings app – and we now know which devices will get them when they launch for everyone.

Google confirms its battery health feature won't come to older Pixel phones. Find out which devices will get it and which ones miss out.