Software updates don’t always go as smoothly as everyone hopes, and Google is no stranger to things going wrong with Pixel updates. It seems Google is in a familiar situation with the March Pixel Drop — with the update causing fingerprint scanner issues for some users.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) Product Safety arm issued a recall for the Pixel 4a late last week. The reason, the commission said, is that Google's firmware update and battery changes served to "mitigate the risk of overheating" because "an overheating battery could pose a risk of fire and/or burns to a user."

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) confirmed the update's true purpose was to mitigate overheating hazards.

Google is recalling its Pixel 4a smartphone in Australia after an update that it pushed out in January significantly degraded the battery rendering it useless.

Google rolled out a rather confusing update for the Pixel 4a. It said it was launching a Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program aimed at improving "the stability of

A t the end of last month, The Google Pixel 4a got a software update that rendered the device nearly unusable for some people, for seemingly unknown reasons. The update included "

In 2020, almost five years ago, Google released the Pixel 4a. But despite being such an old device, the phone has been making headlines for the past few months, and not for good reasons. Over in Australia,