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7a here and the battery is the worst out of any phone I've ever had. Like, I've seen it go from 100% to 66% in 3-4 hours when it's not even in-use. I've actively told people not to buy this phone because of it. Which is ridiculous, as it's a decent phone. I had a 5 before this and was getting days out of it still (after 2.5-3 years)
I think you should check whether you have any nasty apps running in the background, because losing 34% in 4 hours while not in use is definitely not normal. You should also upgrade to Android 14 if you haven't done so already as it optimizes battery usage.
I can get at least a whole day with my 7a with reasonable use (emails, Lemmy with Voyager, web browsing with Firefox, 4G internet). I also played Wipeout Pure on PPSSPP (PSP emulator) for 30 minutes and consumed only 2% of battery. Even right now I have 62% charge left and it's estimated that based on current usage it should still last for 17 hours.
Also, using Firefox (+ the uBlock extension) instead of Chrome should make a difference since uBlock blocks many ads and trackers from loading when you're browsing and that should save some battery.
Yep, I check the background apps fairly regularly ('cause I'm paranoid about this battery). I'm on 14 already, strangely, I did notice a difference for the first couple of days - but back to draining quickly after that. I use Firefox as my default browser too (with ublock, yes) - I don't browse on my phone a lot.
I took my phone off charge (100%) at 17:30 last night, used WhatsApp to text some friends off and on (like, 10-20 messages total) for the next 3-4 hours and it was at 50% by 22:00, I was not using my phone, I was watching TV. It went into DnD at 22:00, and then when I got up at 07:00 it was at 25%.
So that's 75% with very light usage, with DnD for ~9 hours, in just over 12 hours.
Battery usage is very subjective, so what one might consider "light usage" might not be for someone else, but most of the comments in this thread seem to suggest that your battery experience is really the outlier here. It might be worth it to ask to send it back to Google to get a replacement (or have them replace the battery) as chances are there's definitely something wrong with your battery.