Where are Adaptive Battery and Adaptive Charging on a Google Pixel? (Android 17)

Device

Android

Shown on

Google Pixel 10a, Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Battery › Battery Saver › Adaptive Battery

Real screenshots

7 of 7 steps

What we did

Looked at each screen; changed nothing

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Battery

   Open Settings and tap Battery. Ours said 100 % under it.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Battery Saver

   The Battery page on ours has no Adaptive preferences row. Adaptive Battery is inside Battery Saver: Will turn on at 20 %. Tap it.

   Done

3. 

   Tap Adaptive Battery

   Adaptive Battery is the last row on the Battery Saver page, below Schedule and reminders. Ours said On. Tap it.

   Done

4. 

   Use Adaptive Battery

   The page says Adaptive Battery learns from your phone usage to continuously optimise how apps use battery, and may reduce performance and delay notifications. Use Adaptive Battery was on on ours.

   Done

5. 

   Tap Battery health

   For Adaptive Charging, go back to the Battery page and tap Battery health, below Battery Saver. Ours said Normal.

   Done

6. 

   Tap Charging optimisation

   Charging optimisation is below Battery health tips. Ours said Adaptive Charging. Tap it.

   Done

7. 

   Adaptive Charging

   With Use charging optimisation on, pick Adaptive Charging (finishes charging to 100 % right before you normally unplug) or Limit to 80 %. Adaptive Charging was selected on ours.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Looking for Adaptive preferences? Our Pixel 10a with Android 17 has no Adaptive preferences row on the Battery page. Searching Settings for Adaptive Battery found Adaptive Battery and Use Adaptive Battery at the top.
• Different path in Google's help? Google's Pixel help gives Settings, Battery, Battery Saver, Adaptive Battery for Adaptive Battery, and Battery, Battery health, Charging optimisation for Adaptive Charging, as on ours. Source: Keep Adaptive Battery & battery optimization on · Source: Get the most life from your Pixel phone battery

If this does not work

• Notifications arrive late? Google says Adaptive Battery may reduce performance and delay notifications to save battery. See our guide on Pixel not getting notifications. Source: Keep Adaptive Battery & battery optimization on
• Adaptive Charging didn't kick in? Google says it needs about 14 days to learn your charging habits, and may not turn on when they change, for example when you travel. Source: Get the most life from your Pixel phone battery
• Battery drains fast on a new phone? Google says that after setting up a new phone, optimisation may take a few weeks to take full effect, and to keep Adaptive Battery and battery optimisation on. Source: Keep Adaptive Battery & battery optimization on

About this guide

Google says that with Adaptive Battery on, apps you use less often run less while you're not using them, and that Adaptive Charging completes charging right before you typically unplug. On our Pixel neither has a row of its own on the Battery page: each sits one page further in.

The screenshots are from our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005), in Dark mode. We only looked and changed nothing.

Good to know

Google says both Adaptive Battery and battery optimisation are on by default. For each app, see battery use by app.

More on the same pages: Battery Saver, limit charging to 80% and battery health. Draining fast? What to check.

In short: Adaptive Battery: Settings, Battery, Battery Saver, Adaptive Battery. Adaptive Charging: Settings, Battery, Battery health, Charging optimisation.