Hacker News with Generative AI: Battery Life

Battery charge limiter for Apple Silicon MacBook devices (github.com/actuallymentor)
This tool makes it possible to keep a chronically plugged in Apple Silicon Macbook at 80% battery, since that will prolong the longevity of the battery. It is free and open-source and will remain that way.

Apple Silicon, Battery Life, Software, Open Source

6 points by starbugs 39 days ago | 5 comments

Apple's 80% charging limit for iPhone: How much did it help after a year? (macrumors.com)
With the iPhone 15 models that came out last year, Apple added an opt-in battery setting that limits maximum charge to 80 percent. The idea is that never charging the iPhone above 80 percent will increase battery longevity, so I kept my ‌iPhone‌ at that 80 percent limit from September 2023 to now, with no cheating.

Battery Life, Apple, iPhone, Technology, Reviews

45 points by Tomte 57 days ago | 63 comments

Everyone says Chrome devastates Mac battery life, but does it? 36 hour test (birchtree.me)
Long time Birchtree readers know I love data, and love data even more when I can throw it into a graph. I’m also a fan of testing things that everyone generally agrees are true, but no one seems to have any data to back up.

Battery Life, Chrome, Mac, Testing, Data Analysis

87 points by havaloc 68 days ago | 105 comments

Intel Core Ultra 200V promises Arm battery life without compatibility issues (arstechnica.com)

Processors, Battery Life, Arm Architecture, Performance

42 points by rbanffy 78 days ago | 36 comments

Intel Launches Lunar Lake: claims Arm-beating battery life (tomshardware.com)

Intel, Processors, Battery Life, Laptops

15 points by dingi 79 days ago | 3 comments

Pilet: A modular tablet-console based on pi5 with 7-hour battery life (soulscircuit.com)

Hardware, Raspberry Pi, Embedded Systems, Battery Life

29 points by ianrahman 90 days ago | 7 comments

Charge limiting to extend lithium ion battery life (computer.gripe)