Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 month agoDefault 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.
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.
Splendid4117@piefed.social 1 month ago
Not quite - batteries have something called self-discharge, which happens faster at higher temps. If you're actively using the deck, it can get warm which speeds up this process. It's not fast, but it's absolutely possible to see depending on how long you leave the deck docked