Post #4451209
2026-08-08 12:32 UTC
Mobile phones don’t need the full 100% charge: Keeping it at 100% on the charger every night adds wear to the battery. Set a cap limit. On iPhone, go to Settings > Battery > Charging > Charge Limit and select 90%. On Android, open Settings > Battery > Battery protection. A little less juice today could mean more battery life next year.
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@andrew@social.hodgson.io 2026-08-08 14:22
@kibcol1049@mstdn.social Modern phones also have a feature to stop charging at 80% and trickle charge to 100% overnight. I don't know what is better, leaving the defaults which have this behaviour or changing to charge to 80%. On my laptops which I have plugged in all the time I have set max charge to 80% so they're not running at a constant 100%.