Google Pixels got 80% battery charge limit and battery bypass with the latest update

12 December 2024
Google didn't advertise it, but you can now limit the battery to charging to 80% to extend its life. This also enables battery bypass when plugged into external power.

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Rizi, 3 hours agoSamsung already given in Android 14. I am using A24 and ver... moreSamsung has it with s10 lineup on android 12, you can limit to 85%.

    Azeem, 2 hours agoIf battery bypass mode is active, will the phone turn off i... moreIt'll just continue using the battery.

      Anonymous, 2 hours agoI hope they make a phone with a battery that ONLY charges t... moreThen we can't tell if it's even implemented or not. I don't trust companies ads if they say "charge it to 100% and don't worry about it".

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        Charge to fully. Buy a new phone every three years. You want a new phone anyway.

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          Anonymous, 3 hours agoI know that 100% actually means a bit less than 100% but it... more>But laptops that are used like a desktop by being always plugged in at 100% have a much higher chance of the battery bloating and degradation.

          You prolly never owned a thinkpad or legion laptop. Or even if you did, you never utilized their Charge Threshold and/or Conservation Mode built-in each respective models.

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            Demonicale, 5 hours agoNever understood why anyone would just charge to 80% to pro... moreI'll just have fun watching them run out of batteries at the most unfortunate time and make them plug their phone into their powerbanks. I'm surprised there are people that live like that. I hope they don't juggle their phone storage and tws buds charge levels as well.

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              Invetor, 3 hours agothis should be a standard on laptops tooUh, Lenovo Thinkpads and Legions have Charge Threshold and Conservation Mode, respectively, thru Lenovo Vantage software. Not sure why you never heard of them or why your laptop/laptop from another brand, if you ever had one, didn't have a similar feature.

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                Anonymous, 5 hours ago80% charge limit is one of the greatest features that I wan... moreI hope they make a phone with a battery that ONLY charges to 80%. And just change the readout to say it's at 100%. That way nobody will ever have to worry about charging to 100% ever again. Good riddance!

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                  • 2 hours ago

                  this update was there in asus in 2018. Google are very late in adapting features.

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                    If battery bypass mode is active, will the phone turn off in case of accidental power outage or it will immediately switch to battery mode to prevent power off?

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                      • 3 hours ago

                      I can't believe pixel phones just now are getting this feature.

                        Anonymous, 5 hours ago80% charge limit is one of the greatest features that I wan... morethis should be a standard on laptops too

                          Anton .el PAPI., 5 hours agoThese bots haha, forget about that or you will see it again... moreyou didn't get the joke, did you?

                            wow nice 😮👍

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                              Anonymous, 5 hours ago80% charge limit is one of the greatest features that I wan... moreI believe it's possible on some phones. On mine, there's a setting to limit the charge to 70 or 80 or even 90 percent, or to charge it slowly etc. great feature

                                Anton .el PAPI., 5 hours agoThese bots haha, forget about that or you will see it again... morebro he 99% don't have the money to buy a sony hahaah

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                                  Rkm, 4 hours agoThe thing is , most batteries are a little bit larger than ... moreI know that 100% actually means a bit less than 100% but it’s still close enough to be damaging over long periods of time. Not overnight or a day or two. But laptops that are used like a desktop by being always plugged in at 100% have a much higher chance of the battery bloating and degradation. That‘s why Windows 11 has a smart charging kind of feature (where it shows a heart next to the battery symbol) where if it detects that the laptop is kept plugged in longer, it will not keep it at 100% but will go a few percent lower.

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                                    Samsung already given in Android 14. I am using A24 and very useful feature

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                                      Anonymous, 4 hours agoIf it’s only occasionally used, 80% is good because batteri... moreThe thing is , most batteries are a little bit larger than what is quoted because manufacturers under report the battery's maximum capacity. This is done for various reasons such as safety , reducing stress , better longevity etc.
                                      So, even if you charge to 100%, you may not be actually charging it to 100%. This, it's completely safe and doesn't affect the overall battery health as you would expect.

                                        I've used my phone with this feature for a year and a half and its battery still sucks. The degradation rate is similar to that of my previous phone where i didn't keep this feature on so i don't think this feature does THAT much unless you charge overnight all the time, where i think you'll see actual difference as keeping a phone at full charge or 0% charge is not the best for the battery.

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