How to preserve the longevity of the battery?

[Allen Kong]

I'm getting my Pixel 2 XL today and was wondering do I need to charge it up completely before using it? And are there any tricks as to how to keep the battery in good health (ex. only charge when its drain down, etc)?

Thanks in advance!

 

[nelamvr6]

I'm getting my Pixel 2 XL today and was wondering do I need to charge it up completely before using it? And are there any tricks as to how to keep the battery in good health (ex. only charge when its drain down, etc)?

Thanks in advance!

Lots of good info here: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

 

[vansmack]

This article should answer most of your questions:

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

Basically, try to keep the temperature of your phone low, and only fast charge when necessary.

 

[nelamvr6]

This article should answer most of your questions:

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

Basically, try to keep the temperature of your phone low, and only fast charge when necessary.

Ha! Beat you!

 

[sselemanrm]

My Pixel 2XL is coming this week. I don't think you have to charge it up completely but someone who has it can tell you.

In regards to saving battery life
-swap the animated background wallpaper for a static one..
-Having a black or dark background will save more juice over any other background
-you can turn off the always display and music
-use low brightness settings
-trim/close any apps running in the background
-uninstall apps you never use
-put it in airplane mode occasionally
-turn off unnecessary hardware radios like NFC, GPS bluetooth, mode until you need it
-update apps
-when in doubt, you can put your phone on battery saver also

 

[vansmack]

Ha! Beat you!

Ha! Tip of the hat....I shouldn't have put in my summary!

 

[nelamvr6]

My Pixel 2XL is coming this week. I don't think you have to charge it up completely but someone who has it can tell you.

In regards to saving battery life
-swap the animated background wallpaper for a static one..
-Having a black or dark background will save more juice over any other background
-you can turn off the always display and music
-use low brightness settings
-trim/close any apps running in the background
-uninstall apps you never use
-put it in airplane mode occasionally
-turn off unnecessary hardware radios like NFC, GPS bluetooth, mode until you need it
-update apps
-when in doubt, you can put your phone on battery saver also

I don't think you'll really have to do anything special to get monster battery life out of your XL.

Sure, you will reduce power consumption, but you'll reduce some of the phone's utility also by turning off some of the nifty features.

I run a live wallpaper, have ambient display and now playing turned on, and I have plenty of juice left when I plug in again at the end of the day.

 

[klau25]

Well, I used to care a lot about this, but I change my phone once a year now so I really don't own them long enough to have to worry about losing charges. If you are like me and change your phone yearly, you shouldn't worry too much about it.

 

[dsignori]

In regards to saving battery life
-swap the animated background wallpaper for a static one..
-Having a black or dark background will save more juice over any other background
-you can turn off the always display and music
-use low brightness settings
-trim/close any apps running in the background
-put it in airplane mode occasionally

Don't do any of this. Enjoy your phone the way you want.

 

[anon(661246)]

Best way to save battery and enjoy the phone

Turn off GPS and location services
Turn off Mobile data
Use on wifi
set display to 30%
Set display timeout to 15 seconds
Only use the phone when you need to

 

[nelamvr6]

Best way to save battery and enjoy the phone

Turn off GPS and location services
Turn off Mobile data
Use on wifi
set display to 30%
Set display timeout to 15 seconds
Only use the phone when you need to

Turn it off
Put it in a drawer

I bought this phone so I could enjoy it. Why turn everything that's useful or fun off when the thing has a huge battery?

Use it, enjoy it. See how long your battery lasts before you start making plans to run it like it's a flip phone...

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

I wonder if they meant.. The overall longevity.

 

[Rukbat]

Either way, Jeremiah, if the battery goes bad, the charge-to-charge time will be very short too.

But draining a battery below 40% will hasten its going bad. Lithium batteries are not deep discharge batteries.

 

[kenorian]

Most important, don't go below 30% and don't charge over 80% my Pixel XL has only lost about 5% in a year with heavy daily use. Even going to screen shot the Battery Health from AccuBattery when I sell it.

 

[PhiPsi32]

Depends on how aggressively you want to manage your battery. Best to keep the phone charged between 20-80%. Apps like AccuBattery will tell you when you've charged to target level. If you change phones every year, don't worry about it. If you keep the phone 2+ years, consider more aggressive management.

 

[hal1]

Keep it out of the heat, hot car, in the summertime