• ahto@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 hours ago

    Is there any evidence that this really matters on top of the protections and limits that are already built in and obscured from the user? There’s such a cult around this feature, but I’m not convinced.

    • Madis@lemm.ee
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      2 hours ago

      What I don’t understand is do any of the OEMs giving this feature also combine it with passthrough power? So besides not charging the phone at 80%, it would keep it working using the wire instead of the battery.

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      Fair question. I’d assume that the buffer which the BMS/low level firmware reserves is relatively marginal. Having too high a margin at that (low) level would take away a lot of capacity and might make people mad

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    4 hours ago

    I thought they had it, like a lot of phones, Samsung has a limiting to 80% or even disabling fast charging

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      This is only the ability to turn it on manually. My old Pixel 4 lives on a charger and does it automatically.

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        2 hours ago

        Is this the Adaptive Charging feature? That’s the only thing I see in my Pixel 5a.

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      Honestly, if I have the option to keep it toggled on/off I’m fine with it, but I also don’t see it in my latest update which came in last night. But not too concerned yet (Pixel 8a) so it’s still pretty new I guess. :)