Yet Another Pixel 6a Caught Fire

Another personification has reported their Pixel 6A catching occurrence — but this time, it appears to person occurred aft applying Google’s caller artillery capacity update that was intended to forestall overheating issues, as spotted by Android Authority. In a station connected Reddit, a Pixel 6A personification says they awoke to a “horrible smell and a large noise,” which is erstwhile they discovered their instrumentality connected occurrence while charging atop nan nightstand adjacent to them.

The Redditor says nan instrumentality was plugged into a 45W charger for nan Steam Deck erstwhile it caught fire, pouring nan phone’s surface and case. “The telephone was sitting little than 40 cms distant from my caput connected my nightstand,” u/footymanageraddict says successful nan post. “Sheets caught connected fire. My ac (a level unit) had damages connected its aboveground from nan fire. My pharynx wounded nan full time from nan fumes one inhaled.”

Google didn’t instantly respond to a petition for comment.

After several reports of Pixel 6A fires emerged earlier this year, Google released a mandatory package update designed to trim artillery capacity and charging capacity aft 400 complaint cycles. Google besides began offering a free artillery replacement for eligible devices. This Reddit personification says they applied nan mandatory update, but they didn’t switch their artillery because they had nary walk-in replacement options disposable successful their state and could only message successful their device.

As noted by Android Authority, nan Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warned customers past week that Pixel 6A devices whitethorn person an “overheating artillery could airs a consequence of occurrence and/or burns to a user,” adding that “incidents person occurred resulting successful superior pain injuries.”