Yesterday I wrote a blog post about the complete mess that is Google's Pixel ecosystem. The process for moving a Pixel Watch from one Pixel phone to another it incredibly stupid.#

I have this nice Pixel Stand and it appears as a connected device, I assume via Bluetooth, on the Pixel, so it would be nice if users had the ability to finely tune how charging works because I want to use the stand as a stand when I am at my desk. Ideally, I would be able to configure the phone/stand to only charge when the battery is less than X% and only charge to Y%. Once fully charged the charging should stop and the stand just acts like a stand.#

Given that the Pixel knows when it is on the stand so that it acts as a picture frame, it would seem that Google expects one to put the phone on the charger for extended periods of time. #

Today is the first work day using the Pixel 7a and I am wondering about whether or not it is a good idea to keep the phone on the wireless charging stand that is on my desk. If I keep putting it on the stand during the day then it will continually charge. I think the phone and charger should be smart enough to stop charging when the battery is full and thus not damage the battery, but I don't know this for certain. I did enable adaptive charging, but that seems to be optimized for night time charging and based off alarms, so I don't know if it will do anything during the day. Articles that I have read about wireless charging and battery life are not conclusive.#