Google Pixel 7 Pro Display Draining Its Battery Faster When Used At Full Brightness

Google Pixel 7 Pro’s display seemingly experiences a pretty serious issue early on a few days after the debut of the all-new flagship smartphone. The massive display of the newly-released Pixel 7 Pro appears to be ruining its supposed battery life.

Google released the Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro on October 6 for US$599 and US$899 respectively. Although both smartphones have garnered stellar reviews across the board, the battery life is a point of contention. XDA Developers now report that the Pixel 7 Pro’s display might be consuming significantly more power than competing flagships, resulting in elevated battery drain.

Google Pixel 7 Pro’s Display Reportedly Drains Battery Life Quickly

According to XDA Developers, the Pixel 7 Pro’s display is causing serious issues with its total battery life. For them, they began noticing issues with how the new flagship’s display strains the battery once the phone’s brightness increases to maximum. The findings showed that with about fifteen minutes of screen time, the battery had dropped by 10%.

The report mentions that the Pixel 7 Pro’s 6.7-inch QHD+ LTPO AMOLED panel draws more power than expected leading to the battery depleting faster. This according to the source happens primarily when the smartphone is used outdoors where the ambient light sensor cranks up the display’s brightness.

The Pixel 7 Pro’s display consumes about 3.5-4W at 600 nits, which is around half the brightness levels that the display is capable of. In high-brightness mode, which is around 1000 nits, the display consumes 6W. Samsung’s Galaxy S22+ in comparison consumes 2W at 600 nits and 4W at 1000 nits.

Pixel 7 Pro’s display uses roughly half of Tensor G2’s power. To put it into perspective, using the Pixel 7 Pro at full brightness while performing another task that would require the screen to remain on would likely use as much as 18W of power. It’s guesstimated that this would provide users with maybe three hours of battery life before they’re required to plug it back in.

The display on your smartphone is generally going to be one of, if not the single-most power-hungry component. But manufacturers have worked hard over the years to optimize panels to be as efficient as possible. With the Pixel 7 Pro, it seems the display is eating up a disproportionate amount of power. The folks over at XDA first uncovered the issue, which sees the display eating up very high amounts of power when it is used at higher brightness settings.

Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones went on sale in India yesterday. They are the first premium smartphones from Google to reach India after a four-year gap. The Pixel 7 is available at Rs. 59,999, while the bigger Pixel 7 Pro is available at Rs. 84,999 on Flipkart.