The Google Pixel 9a has been compared against a number of competitors – including the Google Pixel 9, Pixel 8A, Samsung Galaxy A56, POCO F7 Pro, Motorola Edge 60 Fusion and Nothing Phone (3a) Pro.
In a combined test simulating a typical everyday usage scenario, the Pixel 9a lasted 12 hours and 30 minutes. The smartphone lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes for voice calls, 13 hours and 42 minutes for video playback, 11 hours and 2 minutes for web surfing, and 8 hours and 44 minutes for gaming.
For comparison, here’s how the other models performed:
- Google Pixel 9-13 hours and 5 minutes
- Google Pixel 8A-11 hours and 25 minutes
- Samsung Galaxy A56-12 hours and 8 minutes
- POCO F7 Pro-13 hours and 51 minutes
- Motorola Edge 60 Fusion-14 hours 18 minutes
- Nothing Phone (3a) Pro-13 hours 37 minutes
In summary, the Pixel 9a demonstrates average battery life – it doesn’t fail, but it doesn’t outperform the competition either. This is a good result, although without bright impressions in terms of endurance.