Google Pixel March update removes ‘battery information’ page

The recent March update seems to have caused a peculiar issue. The ‘Battery information’ page, which debuted in the Android 14 QPR1 update, has mysteriously vanished from the Settings menu for some devices. This is a setback for users who wanted to monitor their device’s battery health.

This page, usually found under Settings > About Phone > ‘Battery information’, provided useful, though basic, details:

• Manufacturing date: Shows when your phone was made.
• Cycle count: Tracks how many full charges and discharges your battery has gone through.

It’s a helpful, though incomplete, look into your battery’s condition (unlike the more robust Battery Health feature on iPhones).

9to5Google first spotted this problem, and user reports are confirming the missing page isn’t an isolated incident. Matter of fact, we checked for the same on our Pixel 8 Pro running the March update and couldn’t find the ‘battery information’ page. The page shows up just fine on our Pixel 7 Pro that’s on the February update.

Interestingly, the page is also missing from our Pixel 8 running the latest Android 14 QPR beta and the Pixel 7a running the Android 15 Developer Preview. I dug a little deeper into this and found a Reddit post from 4 months ago reporting the problem. The OP had installed the QPR2 beta after which the page went missing. Given the fact that the March update is the QPR2 update, it makes me believe that Google might have intentionally removed the page, unless it did indeed slip past the cracks.

Of course, granted the feature was just added, it wouldn’t make sense for Google to remove it out of the blue. But let’s just say it wouldn’t be surprising if the company removed it for whatever odd reason. It’s worth noting that Android 14 QPR2 promises over 30 fixes for the Pixel 8 series alone, hinting that bugs are inevitable, but fixable.

If your device is also missing ‘Battery information’ page, there’s sadly no fix currently available. However, given the recent rollout of the update, Google is likely to become aware of the issue soon. Fingers crossed for a swift resolution, especially before the update hits US devices on March 11.