Pixels with Adaptive Charging won't adapt to night owls We live in a 24/7 world that has taken "work from home" to a whole new meaning and yet, Google seems to think we all live, work, and sleep the same hours. At least, that's what its Pixel phones with adaptive charging seem to think. That probably needs to change. Adaptive charging came around with the December Feature Drop, allowing Pixel 4 phones or newer to charge slowly when one sleeps and then top-up just before the alarm goes off. As batteries wear out quicker when they're kept near 100% for long periods, this policy is intended to help preserve their useful life and has been instated in many other phones.