{"id":94561,"date":"2025-05-13T02:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/13\/switch-2-lets-you-give-up-playtime-to-keep-you-battery-healthy\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T02:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:48:31","slug":"switch-2-lets-you-give-up-playtime-to-keep-you-battery-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/13\/switch-2-lets-you-give-up-playtime-to-keep-you-battery-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 Lets You Give Up Playtime To Keep You Battery Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 fuSEnv align--bleed js_marquee-assetfigure\" id=\"\" data-id=\"4d20371ccf334ad98e7c2f3dd3668b82\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/4d20371ccf334ad98e7c2f3dd3668b82\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1920px\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"fair-use\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.3%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/4d20371ccf334ad98e7c2f3dd3668b82.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_1315\/4d20371ccf334ad98e7c2f3dd3668b82.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image for article titled Switch 2 Will Let You Sacrifice Some Playtime To Keep Your Battery Healthy\" data-chomp-id=\"4d20371ccf334ad98e7c2f3dd3668b82\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-height=\"1080\" data-alt=\"Image for article titled Switch 2 Will Let You Sacrifice Some Playtime To Keep Your Battery Healthy\" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/4d20371ccf334ad98e7c2f3dd3668b82.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 fPOdhF no-caption\">Image<!-- -->: <!-- -->Nintendo \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"4d20371ccf334ad98e7c2f3dd3668b82\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/4d20371ccf334ad98e7c2f3dd3668b82\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-r43lxo-1 cwnrYD\">\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"><span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/nintendo-switch-2-price-release-date-specs-1851773502&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/nintendo-switch-2-price-release-date-specs-1851773502\">Nintendo\u2019s upcoming video game console, the Switch 2<\/a><\/span>, will include a nifty feature that will help protect your battery and keep it running for a long time. And all you have to do is sacrifice a bit of playtime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 gRtQsx\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 dccRTD instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 crfeiW\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"196230,195410,196143\" data-current=\"196230\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 ldLvgq video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"196230\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"This Cool New Retro Console Is A Great Gift For Atari Fans\" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-duration=\"217\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>This Cool New Retro Console Is A Great Gift For Atari Fans<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196230\/196230_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196230\/196230_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196230\/196230_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/196230\/196230_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/21779.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">As revealed today via the <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-c-button-teaser-theory-direct-april-2-nintendo-1851774046&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-c-button-teaser-theory-direct-april-2-nintendo-1851774046\">Nintendo Today mobile app<\/a><\/span>, the <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-ps5-pro-game-console-prices-tariffs-report-1851779765&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-ps5-pro-game-console-prices-tariffs-report-1851779765\">$450 Switch 2<\/a><\/span> will ship in June with a feature that will let you prevent the console from fully charging its internal battery. This optional battery preservation option will instead see the device max out at around 90 percent. This means that if you have the setting on, your battery will rarely, if ever, be fully charged, costing you some playtime when out and about. So why would anybody choose to use it? <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Well, because its really good for the Switch 2&#8217;s rechargeable lithium battery. <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.gridx.ai\/knowledge\/what-is-battery-degradation-and-how-to-prevent-it&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gridx.ai\/knowledge\/what-is-battery-degradation-and-how-to-prevent-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">These types of batteries can degrade over time<\/a><\/span> if <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;http:\/\/You should let the battery get all the way down to 0 percent before recharging False  Strangely enough, batteries are under the most strain when they\u2019re fully charged or completely empty. The real sweet spot for a battery is 50 percent charge as that means that half of its moveable lithium ions are in the lithium cobalt oxide layer and the other half are in the graphite layer. This equilibrium puts the least amount of strain on the battery, and extends the number of charge cycles it can withstand before degrading.  So really, if you were super-keen on keeping your battery living as long as possible, you should keep its charge between 20 and 80 per cent. This means that it spends as little time as possible with lots of lithium ions crammed into either layer, a situation which causes the layers to expand, putting physical strain on them. \u201cBut if you did that you\u2019d only be getting about half as much charge every time you used it,\u201d Griffith says. Maybe not, then.  Charging past 100 percent will damage your battery True (but not for the reason you think)  This one is closely linked to the above myth. Charging your phone so it stays at 100 percent overnight isn\u2019t great news for the battery, but that\u2019s not because you\u2019re cramming in more charge than it can handle. A \u201ctrickle charge\u201d mechanism cuts off the charger after the phone has reached 100 per cent charge, and only tops up the battery when it drops down a little.  The problem is that you\u2019re keeping the charge level at 100 per cent which, as we know from the previous myth, puts the battery under a certain amount of strain. \u201cIt\u2019s not good,\u201d Griffith says, \u201cbut the battery manufacturer has set [the battery\u2019s limits] it so it shouldn\u2019t be harmful.\u201d&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"http:\/\/You should let the battery get all the way down to 0 percent before recharging False  Strangely enough, batteries are under the most strain when they\u2019re fully charged or completely empty. The real sweet spot for a battery is 50 percent charge as that means that half of its moveable lithium ions are in the lithium cobalt oxide layer and the other half are in the graphite layer. This equilibrium puts the least amount of strain on the battery, and extends the number of charge cycles it can withstand before degrading.  So really, if you were super-keen on keeping your battery living as long as possible, you should keep its charge between 20 and 80 per cent. This means that it spends as little time as possible with lots of lithium ions crammed into either layer, a situation which causes the layers to expand, putting physical strain on them. \u201cBut if you did that you\u2019d only be getting about half as much charge every time you used it,\u201d Griffith says. Maybe not, then.  Charging past 100 percent will damage your battery True (but not for the reason you think)  This one is closely linked to the above myth. Charging your phone so it stays at 100 percent overnight isn\u2019t great news for the battery, but that\u2019s not because you\u2019re cramming in more charge than it can handle. A \u201ctrickle charge\u201d mechanism cuts off the charger after the phone has reached 100 per cent charge, and only tops up the battery when it drops down a little.  The problem is that you\u2019re keeping the charge level at 100 per cent which, as we know from the previous myth, puts the battery under a certain amount of strain. \u201cIt\u2019s not good,\u201d Griffith says, \u201cbut the battery manufacturer has set [the battery\u2019s limits] it so it shouldn\u2019t be harmful.\u201d\">kept in a fully charged state<\/a><\/span>. This is why you shouldn\u2019t leave a phone or tablet plugged in overnight to charge while you sleep, as it can quickly ruin your battery and make it die faster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Sacrificing 30 minutes to an hour or so of Switch 2 battery time in exchange for a device that will last longer and hold a charge better for years to come seems like a smart trade. I\u2019m happy to see Nintendo following in the footsteps of <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/shopping.yahoo.com\/rdlw?siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=1p-autolink&amp;contentUuid=6411b9ac-c029-4560-8b7c-456ea52c8b57&amp;featureId=text-link&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3N1cHBvcnQuYXBwbGUuY29tL2VuLXVzLzEwODA1NSIsImNvbnRlbnRVdWlkIjoiNjQxMWI5YWMtYzAyOS00NTYwLThiN2MtNDU2ZWE1MmM4YjU3Iiwib3JpZ2luYWxVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3N1cHBvcnQuYXBwbGUuY29tL2VuLXVzLzEwODA1NSJ9&amp;signature=AQAAAaHV_QzyMrym7voCvCWoiuJhaEvJ3kpgvuIBmTnpayGz&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fen-us%2F108055&amp;refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fgaming%2Fnintendo%2Fthe-switch-2-has-a-mode-that-caps-battery-charge-at-90-percent-185219689.html&amp;uuid=NVSDvZlwvdP1Uc5j0162&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/shopping.yahoo.com\/rdlw?siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=1p-autolink&amp;contentUuid=6411b9ac-c029-4560-8b7c-456ea52c8b57&amp;featureId=text-link&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3N1cHBvcnQuYXBwbGUuY29tL2VuLXVzLzEwODA1NSIsImNvbnRlbnRVdWlkIjoiNjQxMWI5YWMtYzAyOS00NTYwLThiN2MtNDU2ZWE1MmM4YjU3Iiwib3JpZ2luYWxVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3N1cHBvcnQuYXBwbGUuY29tL2VuLXVzLzEwODA1NSJ9&amp;signature=AQAAAaHV_QzyMrym7voCvCWoiuJhaEvJ3kpgvuIBmTnpayGz&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fen-us%2F108055&amp;refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fgaming%2Fnintendo%2Fthe-switch-2-has-a-mode-that-caps-battery-charge-at-90-percent-185219689.html&amp;uuid=NVSDvZlwvdP1Uc5j0162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple and Google<\/a><\/span> and other tech giants which have been including similar battery limiting options in new devices for a few years now. And by making it optional, it means that people can still decide to fully charge up the Switch 2 if they\u2019re getting ready for a long plane ride and want that extra juice. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Personally, when the Switch 2 launches on June 5, I\u2019ll be quickly hopping into the settings menu to turn on this nifty little battery saver option ASAP. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">\u00a0 .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/switch-2-battery-saver-no-full-charge-feature-playtime-1851780359\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo \/ Kotaku Nintendo\u2019s upcoming video game console, the Switch 2, will include a nifty feature that will help protect your battery and keep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}