{"id":196583,"date":"2025-12-22T15:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/196583\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:49:17","slug":"googles-second-pixel-december-update-fixes-battery-drain-and-touch-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/196583\/","title":{"rendered":"Google’s Second Pixel December Update Fixes Battery Drain and Touch Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google is quietly rolling out<\/a> a second December 2025 update to select Pixel phones, primarily targeting heavy battery drain and touch response problems that surfaced after the Android 16 QPR2 release earlier this month. The small patch, around 25MB, appears limited mainly to Verizon models of the Pixel 8, 9, and 10 series for now.<\/p>\n


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This follow-up patch addresses high-impact bugs that slipped through the earlier rollout. Verizon\u2019s notes list build number BP4A.251205.006.E1 for supported Pixel models. The update isn\u2019t yet available on Google\u2019s factory or OTA image pages and may remain limited to certain carriers or regions, so some users won\u2019t see it immediately under System update.<\/p>\n

What Gets Fixed<\/p>\n

Many Pixel owners, especially those with the Pixel 10 series, experienced faster-than-normal battery drain after installing the early-December Android 16 QPR2 build. Verizon\u2019s changelog confirms this new patch explicitly targets \u201cfaster-than-expected battery drain,\u201d so affected users should see screen-on time return closer to pre-update levels.<\/p>\n

A separate bug caused intermittent touch failures on some Pixel 10 devices, where taps or swipes occasionally wouldn\u2019t register. The new build addresses \u201ctouch unresponsiveness\u201d and \u201cintermittent touch failures observed specifically on Pixel 10,\u201d according to carrier documentation. This fix arrives shortly after Google promised to address years of Pixel pocket dialing issues<\/a>, showing the company\u2019s increased focus on touch-related problems. Scrolling, typing, and gestures should feel more consistent after installation.<\/p>\n

Carrier documentation also mentions a fix for issues accessing locally cached or offline content that appeared for some users who jumped straight from Android 14 to Android 16. Outside of Verizon\u2019s notes, there\u2019s no official expanded changelog yet, so minor stability tweaks could be riding along with the same build.<\/p>\n

This unusually quick follow-up reflects how aggressively Google is now correcting post-update bugs. The patch lands just days after coverage praising Android 16 QPR2<\/a> for finally unlocking Pixel 10 performance, highlighting how new Pixel flagships often need multiple updates before feeling fully polished. For users wondering about long-term support, Google continues to offer extended update commitments<\/a> for Pixel devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google is quietly rolling out a second December 2025 update to select Pixel phones, primarily targeting heavy battery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[121480,367,342,111,139,69,58877,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-196583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-android-updates","9":"tag-google","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-pixel-10","15":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}