Android 16 Beta 3 Released — OS Will Now Tell You Everything About Your Smartphone Battery Health

Google has long been working to extend battery life, for which purpose Pixel devices have implemented support for the adaptive charging feature and the ability to limit the charge level to 80%. Now, with the release of the beta version of Android 16 beta 3, a new section has appeared in the settings menu, which displays information about the state of the device’s battery.

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The new section allows you to change the battery charging mode, but that’s not the most interesting part. The operating system tries to determine how well the battery is functioning, and the information collected during the diagnostics is displayed in the new section. Since it is currently quite difficult to find a smartphone with a replaceable battery, the new section may be useful, since the user will see the level of capacity lost during the time of using the device.

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There is also additional information on how battery capacity can change over time and what to do to extend battery life. This information will be useful for people who want to learn more about the health of their device’s battery and how to extend the battery life cycle. At this stage, it is difficult to say how accurately Android 16 will be able to assess battery health and whether it will display a decrease in battery capacity after each charge cycle. More information on this innovation will appear as we approach the release of a stable version of the operating system.