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Kaldo@kbin.social 1 year agoIt will still keep it above 90% all the time which is bad according to most comments I just found by googling about it, it's just the nature of lithium batteries. Steam deck allegedly has a feature to use direct power from outlet if in use while charging and if at max, but it still keeps battery at high %.
Alexmitter@kbin.social 1 year ago
Most of that is really old knowledge from before the days of sophisticated charge controllers.
IDe@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Maintaining a high SoC is still very damaging to battery life.
Alexmitter@kbin.social 1 year ago
Which is why the charge controller does not do it. It will drop to a sustainable voltage when it detects longer wired connection after being charged and adjusts the "percentage" it shows you accordingly so you still see a 100 to 0.
IDe@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Do you have anything to back that up with or are you speaking from personal incredulity? What you said certainly does not apply to e.g. contemporary smartphones.