Pixels Can See Charge Cycles now

[mustang7757]

If you go to settings>about phone>battery>you can see your cycle now, for Pixel 8 and above a charge cycle of 1000 will get u to 80% battery capacity

Google on how many battery charge cycles to expect from Pixel phones

In a support article about “Understanding how your Pixel battery works,” Google shares how many charge cycles to expect from your phone...

9to5google.com

 

[Ben_70]

It's actually the P 8a and later...I don't have this on my 8 pro.

 

[SeeBeeEss]

It's actually the P 8a and later...I don't have this on my 8 pro.

Yep, Pixel 8a and higher only.

 

[mustang7757]

It's actually the P 8a and later...I don't have this on my 8 pro.

You went to about phone then battery?

 

[Ben_70]

You went to about phone then battery?

There is no "battery" under "about phone" on my 8 Pro. I hope G expands this feature to older devices as I am curious how many cycle counts I have.

 

[mustang7757]

There is no "battery" under "about phone" on my 8 Pro.

Ok thanks for verifying them it's from 8a on

 

[SeeBeeEss]

Ok thanks for verifying them it's from 8a on

INFO HERE

 

[SeeBeeEss]

There is no "battery" under "about phone" on my 8 Pro. I hope G expands this feature to older devices as I am curious how many cycle counts I have.

When Google gave and then quickly took away my ability to access battery cycle info on the Pixel 8 Pro, I started using the Ampere app. It works great and I would highly recommend it.

 

[Hardhat Harry]

What is a Charge Cycle? My phone gets plugged into the car daily to utilize Android Auto. It's on the wireless charger at night (utilizing adaptive charging).

 

[kokonuts]

it's good when someone sell his phone, cycle count can get a better price

 

[mustang7757]

What is a Charge Cycle? My phone gets plugged into the car daily to utilize Android Auto. It's on the wireless charger at night (utilizing adaptive charging).

Cycle count is for battery deterioration

 

[Hardhat Harry]

I got that. How is a Charge Cycle determined. My phone is 3 months old with a Charge Cycle of 26.

 

[mustang7757]

I got that. How is a Charge Cycle determined. My phone is 3 months old with a Charge Cycle of 26.

Every time you charge to it counts as 1

 

[Hardhat Harry]

My phone gets charged to 100% every night.

 

[mustang7757]

My phone gets charged to 100% every night.

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If your phone has the option to stop at 80% I would do that

 

[mustang7757]

Well I've learned that 80% limit doesn't stop the number of charge cycles , I thought it did that's why I moved from 100% charging

 

[SeeBeeEss]

Well I've learned that 80% limit doesn't stop the number of charge cycles , I thought it did that's why I moved from 100% charging

Yeah, I am still trying to figure this one out, myself, with my Ampere app and the jury is still out for me. You won't lower the number of battery cycles using the 80% limit (a 100% charged battery on a P8P can last approximately 1 day with moderately high use and 2 days with moderately low use and I currently show a 182 cycle count on a phone that I've had 352 days - pretty darned close to what one could/should expect according to Google and the pundits).

That being said, supposedly you are putting less stress on the battery using the 80% limit, since experts say that nearing full 100% charging capacity is when you are using the highest voltage, showing the highest temperatures and peaking the stress to the battery. However, the Adaptive Charging setting on Pixel phones does a similar thing by charging up to 80% very quickly and then charging the last 20% later and at a slower pace. Theoretically, this should mitigate some of the heat issues which purportedly cause stress to the battery. I say "theoretically" and "purportedly," because I haven't noticed huge differences in voltage and/or heat when using the Limit to 80% versus the Adaptive Charging settings.

I am no expert, but I am currently leaning toward using the Adaptive Charging setting because I am not seeing a significant enough benefit/difference using the Limit to 80% setting when balanced with the greater cost to me of having to recharge (and worry about recharging) the phone more frequently.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I was always under the impression that 1 charge cycle was from 0-100. So in the instance of charging from 40 > 100 = .6 of 1 cycle.

I very well could be wrong.

 

[Stanley Kubrick]

Personally I "think" a charge cycle is based on this: You start to charge the phone either by plugging it in, or wirelessly. You leave it on the charger long enough for the cycle counter to kick in. You stop charging it. You now have another cycle count added on.
I could very well be wrong here, but my guess is as good as everyone else's!
So we need SOLID accurate information from Google on this!

 

[spARTacus]

With respect to charge cycle, all of it is still a bit confusing to me also. However, I read a somewhat decent article somewhere that said a charge from 0 to 100% is equal to one charge cycle, and from 0 to 50% is a half a cycle, 0 to 25% a quarter, and so on (so if one normally charges from 0 to 80%, then in theory each time only 4/5ths of a cycle will be "consumed" from the perspective of overall battery deterioration and theoretical number of maximum charge cycles).

Right now, I have all fast charge settings disabled (I don't seem to ever need such) in the hope of minimizing stress/heat to the battery, and I have a routine that stops charging at 95% and flips the phone over to maximum battery protection mode (which would normally stop the charging at 80%). So, basically a custom stop and maximum charge to level less than 100 but higher than 80%. If I could (via routine) also dial back the power/volts/amps that might have to ramp up beyond 75/80%, then I would love to also control that.

I might go back to simply just using the default maximum protection mode (limit charging to just 80%) because the current battery state of my device is quite good and I can normally get through a few days. However, I also agree with what someone else said in here in another thread, in that it would seem to be odd to decide to buy a premium phone and then out of the box purposely want to avoid using 20% of the spec'd capability.

Also, my view on charging has changed recently based on various things I've read. For all my devices, I try to now think/use them differently and if I can, basically never aim to charge them to 100% but instead only just charge them as and when required and up to a certain charge level that will confidently get me through a next block of time. Obviously, I don't want to have to be putting my devices on chargers too many times a day or a week, as that would also be odd to have to do with devices. However, I do now try to avoid thinking about aims to always have high charge levels, and I try to instead be content with my devices often just being somewhere between 15 and 80%. For me, I think one killer can be charging when sleeping, when devices are on the charger way longer than they have to be.