Default limit when toggled on is 80%, which generally seems like a good middle ground between usability and battery life. You can also raise the limit higher if you want more battery, or lower if you want to preserve the battery life better.
Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta
twistypencil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What do people set it to?
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
sparky1337@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
I thought the steam deck already had this. Admittedly, I’ve only had mine for about a month, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it charge to 100%. I think 95% was the highest I’ve seen. It seemed like it had something similar to smart charge like Windows has.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
When it charges up all the way, it stops charging and just does passthrough power instead. You can then see the battery % slowly drop over time, which is probably why you were seeing stuff like 95%
nous@programming.dev 1 month ago
You shouldn’t see the battery drop if it is not using the battery, which is what pass through would suggest.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Plugged in 24/7? I’d set it to 60%. If I have a mix of use 80%.
TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
On my devices where it’s available I usually set it to 80-85%