Yes, the stable Android 14 is not here yet (there’s a slight delay), but the Android 14 QPR1 (quarterly platform release) Beta is here. It’s equipping Pixel owners with a feature that Android has been lacking and lagging behind Apple for five years straight – a built-in option to check on your device’s battery.
To get to the battery cycle information, one has to go to Settings, then tap About Phone. There will be a new Battery Information section in sight. The total number of charge cycles the battery has undergone won’t be the only figure in the new section. Users will be able to check the battery’s manufacturing date, too.
The QPR beta testers that have discovered the new battery section note that the battery’s birthday and the cycle counts are the only information users are seeing right now. There are no statistics or metrics on a maximum capacity percentage or a general “battery health” number like the one in Apple’s phones.
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