Among the other battery-related changes in Android 15 Beta 4, Google has tweaked the Pixel widget to make greater use of Dynamic Color.
The design of the Pixel Battery widget (in its various sizes) is unchanged on Android 15, but your phone, which is always the first device in the list, now uses a different color than the other percentage bars below or to the right of it.
This will help you quickly identify the most important item in the widget. (In the meantime, Google should really create a more modern phone icon, without the thick top and bottom.)
Beta 3.1 vs 4
Of course, the biggest change in Android 15 Beta 4 is how Settings > System > Device diagnostics > Component health > Battery health shows you the number of cycles. The “Component history” section also shows the manufacturing date and the date of first use, while the original capacity percentage is new and what’s most important.
That info was previously only available on the Pixel 8a (and newer devices). On the mid-ranger, it’s even more prominent in Settings > About phone > Battery info. As of beta 4, the three-step access is not available on our Pixel 8 or Tablet.
Pixel 8a vs 8
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