BenchReady — Battery drain: usage and recurring conditions Standard Pixel 7 (2022), stock Android · 2.0.0 Build a comparable app-use record before attributing short runtime to the battery. MODEL FIT Open Settings → About phone and confirm Pixel 7. Check Android version and security update locally. Pixel 7a and Pixel 7 Pro are separate models. Android 14 December 2023 update or later for Repair Mode. Other checks: stock Android with the named settings available. Excluded: Pixel 7a; Pixel 7 Pro; Pixel 6; custom Android ROM PREPARATION [ ] Stock Android; phone starts without damage [ ] No deliberate drain-to-empty test [ ] Settings Battery usage [ ] Existing app update access [ ] Keep any existing backup accessible to you. [ ] Keep credentials and personal files outside this record. GUIDE 1. Open Settings → Battery → Battery usage and view apps. Record whether the leading use matches your activity, without entering app account details. Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090599?hl=en; Restrict apps: Battery usage / View by apps 2. Record recent setup, restoration or a system update. Optimization and update activity can temporarily change runtime; a single battery percentage is not a health measurement. Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090599?hl=en; Introduction: setup and post-update behavior 3. Review the app’s background-use setting. Keep Adaptive Battery and the recommended Optimized setting enabled; do not stop essential services. Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090599?hl=en; Adaptive Battery; Allow background usage; essential services warning 4. Review available app updates in Play Store → Manage apps & devices. Note whether a suspected app update was applied before the next observation. Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090599?hl=en; Check for app updates 5. Compare later ordinary use with similar screen activity and network conditions. Mark unmatched periods as not comparable rather than claiming improvement. Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090599?hl=en; Battery usage; still have issues 6. If Battery → Battery diagnostics → Battery draining too quickly is present, review its on-device guidance. If absent on this OS, record unavailable; ongoing unexplained drain should go to Google. Sources: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090599?hl=en; Battery diagnostics: Pixel 6 and later EVIDENCE TO RECORD Leading usage matches activity: Not recorded Recent device change: Not recorded Optimization review: Not recorded Later observation conditions: Not recorded Battery diagnostics option: Not recorded Expected active workload — Normal activity; record whether leading usage fits: Not checked Low-interaction period — Comparable network; phone not deliberately drained: Not checked After app/optimization review — Similar ordinary use; only recorded changes: Not checked On-device battery guidance — Only if installed OS presents the diagnostic option: Not checked STOP CONDITIONS Stop using and charging equipment with swelling, casing separation, smoke, a burning smell or suspected battery damage. Do not open or press on it. Set damaged accessories aside. Do not open mains adapters or force connectors. Do not erase, reset, flash firmware or bypass a lock as a default diagnostic step. OUTCOMES Comparison recorded: Keep the usage explanation and comparison conditions. This record does not measure battery capacity or certify battery health. - Activity versus leading Battery usage category - Recent setup/update and optimization status - Comparable-period result and any heat/shutdown event Complete the missing preparation: Gather a Battery usage view and comparable normal-use period before changing more settings. - Preserve normal essential-service behavior while collecting the baseline. - Activity versus leading Battery usage category - Recent setup/update and optimization status - Comparable-period result and any heat/shutdown event Discuss the recorded result with support: Send Google the recurring usage pattern, recent-update context and whether heat or shutdown accompanied it. - Activity versus leading Battery usage category - Recent setup/update and optimization status - Comparable-period result and any heat/shutdown event Keep the unknowns in your handoff: A later comparable period or usable Battery usage view is missing, so a runtime trend is not established. - State which usage period or diagnostic option was unavailable. - Activity versus leading Battery usage category - Recent setup/update and optimization status - Comparable-period result and any heat/shutdown event Stop powered checks: Stop using or charging damaged equipment. Do not open or press on the phone or handle hot or smoking equipment. Contact Google or an authorized provider; use local emergency help for immediate fire danger. - Report swelling, casing change or heat damage before further runtime observation. - Activity versus leading Battery usage category - Recent setup/update and optimization status - Comparable-period result and any heat/shutdown event SOURCES Fix Pixel battery drain: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6090599?hl=en (Battery diagnostics; Battery usage; Updates; Still have issues; checked 2026-10-13) Help keep Pixel from getting too warm: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/3333708?hl=en (Temperature; How phone protects itself; Too hot; checked 2026-10-13) Pixel 7 safety and regulatory guide: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/12164747?hl=en (Safety warnings; Repair and service; Charging; checked 2026-10-13) Use Pixel Repair Mode: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/14266732?hl=en (Learn how it works; Access; Exit; checked 2026-10-13) Fix Pixel Camera app: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6306624?hl=en (General troubleshooting steps 1–3; Selfie camera; Shutter delay; checked 2026-10-13) Fix Pixel Bluetooth problems: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7334382?hl=en (Bluetooth basics; Cannot hear music; Cannot make or get calls; checked 2026-10-13) Fix touch and response issues on Pixel: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6010316?hl=en (Check screen; Pixel 8a and earlier; checked 2026-10-13) This is a blank guide. Use the website to save observations and export an importable record. No physical repair has been verified.