Google Pixel battery charge limit was never coming in the first Android 15 update
9to5google.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20916419
Google is adding a feature on Pixel phones that lets you limit the battery charge to 80%, but it was never in the first Android 15 release.
Hope this feature will be in AOSP and not proprietary Play Services but who knows these days
https://source.android.com/docs/setup/contribute
I used to root my android phone to limit battery charge + adaway. But recently I finally gave up with rooting due to all the restrictions that comes along with it.
You can use Tasker or equivalent apps to limit the battery charge.
I thought it wasn't possible except by rooting or external control. I've just been doing it manually but figure on adding an automatic controller sometime.
I did it on mine. You can use 'battery level' state. Set it between 80-100% for example.
I think I've share mine tasker project somewhere in my comment quite awhile ago. anyway, if you want you can DM me.
edit: it's not totally automatic. Need to manually unplug once reaching the level.
If you have to manually unplug that defeats the purpose. Right now I just estimate the charging time to reach 80% and set a timer to beep after that long. It works ok
I can already do that on LineageOS 21 (Android 14), no rooting required.
My Fairphone 5 had it in Android 13 and my Zenfone 6 had it in Android 12.
Crdroid had this feature before, so custom roms ftw.
wait, isn't it by default the case? they just change the scale to have a 0 to 100 percentage, or I'm missing something?
Afaik yes, kinda. 100% likely doesn't mean that the battery is 100% full it might mean 99% or something. I have no idea how much they reduce it but the point of this is to be able to reduce it even more. Which would be better for your battery.