Google’s been dealing with the fallout of bad batteries on the Pixel 4a and Pixel 6a.So far, that’s involved updates that limit charging capacity after a certain number of cycles.While there was a trick to avoid that update on the Pixel 4a, Google seems to have closed the loophole.This year, Google has found itself forced to confront and deal with an awkward problem that’s been casting a shadow across its otherwise largely well-received Pixel smartphone lineup. First we got the Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program in response to concerns of overheating batteries and device failure, and then we saw the exact same story play out for the Pixel 6a and its battery. Google’s approach with both of these incidents has been multi-faceted, involving offers for repair or replacement, compensatory payouts, and perhaps most controversial of all, software updates that place a hard limit on battery performance.In order to prevent the old batteries in these phones from causing fires, Google delivered a software update that limits charging capacity and downgrades performance. While those restrictions aren’t set to kick in until you hit a specific charging cycle threshold, and can go away after upgrading your Pixel with a new battery, some users decided to take a slightly different approach, and did everything they could to avoid that charge-limiting update in the first place.