Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta
sparky1337@ttrpg.network 3 weeks agoI 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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
nous@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Battery self discharge is measured in days at worst, more typically weeks or months. It should not be dropping 5% over the course of an hour or so even if the device is a bit warm. Plus having it plugged in should start charging again once the battery starts dropping too low.