cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20916419

Google is adding a feature on Pixel phones that lets you limit the battery charge to 80%, but it was never in the first Android 15 release.

  • @[email protected]
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    141 month ago

    Hope this feature will be in AOSP and not proprietary Play Services but who knows these days

  • @[email protected]
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    61 month ago

    I used to root my android phone to limit battery charge + adaway. But recently I finally gave up with rooting due to all the restrictions that comes along with it.

      • @solrize
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        11 month ago

        I thought it wasn’t possible except by rooting or external control. I’ve just been doing it manually but figure on adding an automatic controller sometime.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 month ago

          I did it on mine. You can use ‘battery level’ state. Set it between 80-100% for example.

          I think I’ve share mine tasker project somewhere in my comment quite awhile ago. anyway, if you want you can DM me.

          edit: it’s not totally automatic. Need to manually unplug once reaching the level.

          • @solrize
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            21 month ago

            If you have to manually unplug that defeats the purpose. Right now I just estimate the charging time to reach 80% and set a timer to beep after that long. It works ok

    • TonyOstrich
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      41 month ago

      My Fairphone 5 had it in Android 13 and my Zenfone 6 had it in Android 12.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 month ago

      The hardware supported it ever since adaptive charging was introduced, so that’s not surprising.

  • @[email protected]
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    -31 month ago

    wait, isn’t it by default the case? they just change the scale to have a 0 to 100 percentage, or I’m missing something?

    • @[email protected]
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      21 month ago

      Afaik yes, kinda. 100% likely doesn’t mean that the battery is 100% full it might mean 99% or something. I have no idea how much they reduce it but the point of this is to be able to reduce it even more. Which would be better for your battery.