A reminder of Valve’s FAQ, given recent article on Websites trying to contradict (e.g. https://www.slashgear.com/1314340/steam-deck-plugged-in-overnight/):
If your device has been left on the charger for long periods of time, it may report less than 100% charge. This is normal. We allow the battery to slowly discharge after long periods of time under charge to optimize long-term battery health.
2 Comments
_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
This is really good to know. Thanks for sharing!
I always avoid charging at night because of issues like this. On my Samsung I have it charge to 85 max, but I'd really like a way to tell devices that I'd need them by X time and they can target charging to max by that time to avoid battery damage.
Toidi@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
I’ve had my deck since last April and it sits on my bedside table, plugged into the charge pretty much 24/7. Last time I had it off charge in the car (2 weeks ago) the battery behaved perfectly normal and gave me around 3 hours playing fallout NV. So I can confirm my deck is perfectly safe being left on charge.