Google recently brought a charging limits feature to Pixel phones, and the company quietly revealed that it occasionally ignores this toggle.

Google recently brought a charging limits feature to Pixel phones, and the company quietly revealed that it occasionally ignores this toggle.

  • .DonutsEnglish
    27•9 hours ago

    The reason:

    This is done to “recalibrate” estimated capacity. In other words, your phone needs a full charge so you can get accurate data regarding estimated battery life and to prevent any issues/bugs.

    • Pasta DentalEnglish
      8•7 hours ago

      Yep 100%. On my Zenfone 8 at first I blocked the battery to 80% and quickly I found the battery got very short. All I had to do to fix the issue was a full battery cycle (100-0-100). What I noticed doing this is that it lasted for an absurd amount of time at 1% which indicates me that it was decalibrated. After the procedure the battery life was more at normal levels again

    • @[email protected]English
      4•8 hours ago

      Batteries are already limited by their own controller, so this makes sense. Further limits really only make sense for devices that spend all their time on a charger.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•4 hours ago

        I would tend to disagree with that as I’ve had devices in the past that I let charge to 100% and would notice battery degradation very quickly and with my current device I’ve kept my charging at 80% and my battery has done really well. I cycle my battery between 80% and 30% usually and sometimes it will get down to like 25% before I plug it in.