Your device's battery loses capacity over time. It can happen to any smartphone, whether you use a high-end or one of the best phones for battery life. The health of your battery can indicate whether ...

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The Android 16 QPR1 beta 2 update apparently brings the battery health assistance feature. This feature effectively throttles your charging speed and battery over time in the name of battery health.

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Your smartphone is only as good as the charge it holds. It doesn’t matter if you have the newest flagship iPhone or Android—when the device’s battery dies, all the bells and whistles don’t mean diddly ...

In the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 update, a charging management feature called Battery Health Assistance, originally introduced with the Google Pixel 9a, was spotted. This new function allows users to ...

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Even the best Android phones can struggle to last from breakfast to bedtime once you add 5G music and video streaming, bright 120Hz displays, and a day’s worth of scrolling – sorry, we mean work – ...

Android battery optimization has quietly become one of the most effective ways to extend daily screen time without changing how you use your phone. Inside Settings > Battery > Battery usage, most ...