Pixel 11 idle battery drain may be caused by certain Wi-Fi routers
Some Pixel 11 owners report excessive idle battery drain, with Wi-Fi waking the phone up to 135 times per minute and preventing sleep 59–67% of the time. Switching from Wi-Fi 6 to Wi-Fi 5 cut wakeups to 2.4 per minute and idle drain to about 1% per hour. Google has not confirmed a bug.
- Pixel 11 Pro XL lost 2.5–3% battery per hour while idle on Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi activity woke the phone about 135 times per minute
- Switching from Wi-Fi 6 to Wi-Fi 5 cut wakeups to 2.4 per minute
- Reports mention Tenda, TP-Link Omada and Fritz!Box routers
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