That trend has continued in the years since, but it can be difficult to get a full sense of just how widespread an issue this is — complaints have a tendency to get amplified, and it’s not like you ever hear someone loudly proclaiming how cool their phone is running. In the interest of bringing a little more data to the table, earlier this month we asked for your input on the Pixel overheating issue — and a whole lot of you indicated this is a very real problem.
Does your Pixel suffer from overheating?
It’s not like Google doesn’t know any of this is going on. We’ve seen evidence that Google is working on Adaptive Thermal functionality that would attempt to mitigate heat-related issues in software. We hope those efforts pan out because nearly three-quarters of the 1,800-some responses we got indicated first-hand experience with overheating Pixels. And if Adaptive Thermal isn’t enough, Google would really benefit from thinking long and hard about implementing new physical systems for temperature management — even if that’s just a more capable passive solution.
We got some great responses in our poll’s comments, and there’s clearly a lot of passion around this issue. While some of you report overheating issues going back to early generations, it’s really the Pixel 6, 7, and 8 models that the majority of you have noticed running hot — considering how that aligns with the move to Tensor, that’s not exactly surprising. That’s clearly led to a bit of resentment, but we also heard a fair amount of optimism for the future — especially if our expectations for a TSMC-made Tensor G5 pan out.
The ball’s in your court, Google. It’s cool to be cool.
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