Maximize Pixel Battery Life with Smart Charging Limits
Take Control of Your Battery Life: How to Limit Charging on Your Google Pixel
In recent updates to Android 15, Google’s Pixel phones have introduced a feature that lets you set charging limits to prevent your device from charging beyond 80% capacity. This setting has valid reasons for existing, and some users might want to enable it to save their Pixel’s battery in the long run.
Why You Might Want to Limit Your Battery
Modern smartphone batteries have a limited lifespan that spans a certain number of charging cycles. The standards for battery life are fluid and depend on the charging behaviors of the user. If you keep your phone plugged in for extended periods with no limits in place, the battery will likely have a shorter lifespan. On the other hand, if you allow your battery to charge only up to 70% or 80% capacity, it will last longer than the average lifespan for the cell model, saving you potential costs and overall battery life for your Pixel or other device. That’s where Google’s new setting comes in.
Charging Optimization: How It Works
Charging optimization is a simple tool that limits your phone’s battery, allowing it to charge only up to 80%. By doing so, the trade-off is a reduced battery life per charge, but a longer cell life, which can save you money if you plan to keep your device for a long period of time.
How to Turn On Charging Optimization on Your Pixel
Turning on the feature is easy, and Google makes the process straightforward.
- Go to Settings on your Pixel phone.
- Find and tap Battery.
- Select Charging optimization.
- Choose between adaptive charging and Limit to 80%, which is the extreme form of adaptive charging.
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[Image: A screenshot of the charging optimization settings on a Pixel device]
[Image: A comparison of the two charging options on a Pixel device]
[Image: A graph showing the benefits of limiting charging on a Pixel device]
By enabling charging optimization, you can take control of your battery life and extend its lifespan. This feature is available for Android 15 Pixel devices. On other devices, it may be referred to as a different feature, such as Samsung’s battery protection feature.
