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iPhone 15 can limit battery charge to 80%. Does this mean there’s now battery passthrough? (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 1 year ago by hermes2000@infosec.pub to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] AlgonquinHawk@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What’s the 3rd party tool for the laptop battery? Is it for macOS?

[–] hermes2000@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] AlgonquinHawk@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Awesome thanks. It’s a wonder why this isn’t more popular though… I’ll check it out today.

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