I limit my laptop battery charge to 80% with a third party software tool. Laptops can generally bypass the battery and directly power themselves from the wall.

Does this new 80% battery limit setting imply that the new iPhones are able to do the same? Implication would be less battery wear while docked on a desk/in a car or due to long “AAA” gaming sessions, since it will draw power direct from the wall rather than using the battery as a middleman.

  • @hermes2000@infosec.pubOP
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    122 years ago

    Alternatively, this just means it will keep draining/charging to keep it at a steady 80%, with the battery still fully involved with providing power to the phone.

  • FiendishFork
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    62 years ago

    I’m glad Apple is finally allowing this to be done though it’s silly they are seemingly keeping this for new phones.

    • @hermes2000@infosec.pubOP
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      92 years ago

      I’ve been using AlDente for awhile:

      https://apphousekitchen.com

      Good feature set, some cool visualizations of charging activity (as cool as watts going into a battery can be…). Been very happy with it so far, keep my laptop at 80% pretty much all the time (mostly docked).

      • Obinice
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        22 years ago

        Ahh dang, it’s only for Macs. I never knew this was an option, it’s something I’d love to use on my PC, and phone too - currently I use AccuBattery to monitor battery health and alert me when it reaches 90% charge so I can unplug it.

        Using this method, I’ve kept my phone battery at around 80%+ original capacity even after 3 years of rather heavy use. I’m very pleased.

  • @Wahots@pawb.social
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    42 years ago

    I really want all devices to have this option. I have it on my phone, and it’s really nice- I just wish my asus laptop, steam deck, and other devices could do it.