01-29-2026 02:03 AM
Hello.
I have decided to update my smartphone(EU version) by the end of 2025 and during the month of having the latest Android 16, I have faced several issues:
1)Increased battery usage. I am not gaming on it, but on Android 15 I could use the phone 90%->15-20% for at least 4 days. Now, it is barely holding 3 full days. Some Google services started to eat 10% of it all the time, which I haven't seen on the previous Android version.
2)Before the update, I had never faced any issues with connecting my smartphone to the car's BT(not Android Auto). However, now I regularly have to re-pair my car BT with the smartphone and even in this case it might fail several times. Car's multimedia device haven't been updated or touched, so it is purely an issue on the smartphone side.
I am not surprised about battery usage and optimizations. Does anyone faced the same issue with BT audio devices?
01-29-2026 04:41 AM
This is always the same issues. The best option is to keep it's original firmware software update forever.