Google is working on a feature that suggests tips if Pixel phone overheats

Google is working on a feature for Pixel phones that will notify users if their phone is overheating, with steps they can take to cool their device. Mishaal Rahman of Android Authority discovered this.

Rahman discovered in the APK file of the Device Health Services app of Pixel phones that Google is working on a feature called Adaptive Thermal. Users receive a notification when their phone reaches a temperature of 49 degrees Celsius. The message states that the phone is overheating and needs to cool down. Google has announced, among other things, that the company is reducing the performance of the phone and disabling the 5G network to cool the phone.

Users can then press a button to see which steps they can take themselves. take steps to prevent overheating. The company then gives various tips, for example not to use the phone directly in sunlight, to place the device in the open air for better ventilation and to close intensive apps such as games and the camera. The function would then monitor the temperature every five minutes. If the Pixel reaches a temperature of 52 degrees, the feature would enter “emergency mode,” but Rahman doesn't know what that exactly means. Google may then take more drastic measures to cool the smartphone.

At a temperature of 55 degrees, users will receive a message that the phone will turn off within thirty seconds. Google is currently already taking such measures to cool the device, but now users are informed about them and given tips on how to ensure a lower phone temperature themselves. It is unclear if and when this function will actually become available.