Google introduced an extended repair program for the Pixel 7A that guarantees free repairs for gadgets that endure from “sudden battery swelling” points, 9to5Google reports. This system covers signs that straight point out an increasing battery, together with bulging of the machine or separation of the cellphone cowl. Google additionally signifies that speedy battery draining might be one other symptom of swelling that this system covers.
Google says the battery substitute might be executed “at no cost for particular person end-user homeowners,” however that isn’t the case if there are different issues like liquid harm, cracks, or different issues not attributable to swollen batteries. You have to to undergo an eligibility course of on the program site and, if accepted, you’ll have to mail it in for restore or go to a certified restore store to get it mounted.
In some international locations (not the US or India) that don’t have restore choices, Google will supply cash in lieu of fixing the machine. You may get $200 (transformed to native foreign money) for out-of-warranty Pixel 7A gadgets, or $300 in the direction of a brand new Pixel. In-warranty gadgets can get a $456 fee.
It’s not the primary time Google provided an prolonged restore program. Final 12 months, the corporate opened one for the Pixel 8 as a result of bizarre pink vertical strains or flickering on the screens. And the Pixel 4 XL received an additional 12 months of protection for power-related points.