I’m just going by the article, which describes it as a “surprise update” that “came out of nowhere”. Am I missing something?

They emailed us in advance of the update being pushed out saying it would lower battery life, and offered compensation options ahead of time. It wasn't reactionary. If it were a buggy update the email wouldn't come before the update.

Are you saying Google announced that they were going to nerf your phone beforehand?

How was this not a buggy update?

Like I said, they emailed us ahead of time and THEN pushed the update. Before the update was pushed, they said the battery life would deplete and offered compensation options.

They haven't said why they did this, like if it was a battery defect issue or what.