{"id":816,"date":"2025-07-29T00:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/yet-another-pixel-6a-caught-fire\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T00:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:23:32","slug":"yet-another-pixel-6a-caught-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/yet-another-pixel-6a-caught-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet another Pixel 6A caught fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Another user has reported their Pixel 6A catching fire \u2014 but this time, it appears to have occurred after applying Google\u2019s recent battery performance update that was intended to prevent overheating issues, as spotted by Android Authority<\/em><\/a>. In a post on Reddit<\/a>, a Pixel 6A user says they awoke to a \u201chorrible smell and a loud noise,\u201d which is when they discovered their device on fire while charging atop the nightstand next to them.<\/p>\n

The Redditor says the device was plugged into a 45W charger for the Steam Deck when it caught fire, melting the phone\u2019s screen and case. \u201cThe phone was sitting less than 40 cms away from my head on my nightstand,\u201d u\/footymanageraddict says in the post. \u201cSheets caught on fire. My ac (a floor unit) had damages on its surface from the fire. My throat hurt the whole day from the fumes i inhaled.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Google didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

After several reports<\/a> of Pixel 6A fires emerged earlier this year, Google released a mandatory software update<\/a> designed to reduce battery capacity and charging performance after 400 charge cycles. Google also began offering a free battery replacement for eligible devices. This Reddit user says they applied the mandatory update, but they didn\u2019t replace their battery because they had no walk-in replacement options available in their country and could only mail in their device.<\/p>\n

As noted by Android Authority<\/em>, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warned customers<\/a> last week that Pixel 6A devices may have an \u201coverheating battery\u201d that \u201ccould pose a risk of fire and\/or burns to a user,\u201d adding that \u201cincidents have occurred resulting in serious burn injuries.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another user has reported their Pixel 6A catching fire \u2014 but this time, it appears to have occurred after applying […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}