In iOS 13 and Android 12 we saw the arrival of Optimized Recharge, also known as Adaptive Recharge. With this integration, manufacturers hope that users could extend the life of their battery.
After all, excessive battery degradation doesn’t just limit a device’s lifespan, it it can even affect your performance. But what exactly is iOS and Android Optimized Recharge and how does it work? Here we are going to tell you about the benefits of this function. In addition, we are going to show you how to activate it to make your device last many more years by your side without the need for a new battery.
However, before I tell you what is optimized rechargewe first need to address why a device’s lifespan is getting worse with each passing year.
Why the battery gets worse over time
You have probably noticed that your device loses charge faster and faster; Especially if you’ve had it for a few years. This is due to the health of your battery. As time passes, they lose their ability to retain the same amount of energy, being able to last a fraction of what they originally lasted.
If you have bought a completely new device -be it a mobile or a laptop-, your battery should be at 100% health. This means that every time you charge, you can use the full capacity for which it was designed. However, with each charge, the cells of the latter wear out, an inevitable fate that all devices of this type suffer.
To preserve the life of your battery, it is best to keep your mobile or computer in a range of 20% and 80% load. In this way, you avoid completing an entire cycle with each one of the charges, something that would happen if you always charged your mobile from 0% to 100%.
Unfortunately, this is not something very realistic, and it is that usually when we finish our day and go to bed, we take the opportunity to connect our mobile to the electrical current. When we wake up, of course, it has already reached 100% while we slept. And it is that for this the optimized recharge has been specifically designed of iOS and Android.
What is Optimized Recharge and how does it work?
Optimized iOS and Android recharge arrived several years ago to attack this problem at its root. This function allows our mobile to reach a charging limit at 80 or 85% charge (the number depends on the manufacturer).
In this way, the optimized recharge syncs with your sleep and wake times studying your alarms. Thus, your device can maintain the charge at 80% until the moment when your wake-up time approaches; moment in which it will take the opportunity to recharge up to 100%, but using a slower and safer charge for your terminal.
This feature is not only designed to limit the damage that charging cycles cause to a battery. Also they are especially useful to limit the wear and tear caused by fast charging in the cells of the same, something that has quite detrimental effects on the useful life of a device. To do this, the optimized recharge usually carries out its last charge cycle, from 80% to 100%, with a “trickle charge”.
How to activate Optimized Recharge on iOS and Android
If you’ve made it this far, you know how useful optimized charging can be to extend the life of your device. So, If you want to know how to activate it on your Android or iOS device, here we will show you how to do it.. Remember that, in the case of iPhone, it must have iOS 13 or a higher version. On Android, on the other hand, you’ll need to be on version 12 or newer of the operating system.
on iPhone
- Enter to Settings.
- Here, go to the section Battery.
- Enter the option Condition.
- In addition to viewing your current battery health, you can also turn on the Optimized recharge. The system provides a brief explanation of how this feature works, and what for.
- Ready. Once you have it activated, now you only have to charge your mobile at the time you usually do so so that it can learn your daily routine.
on Android
Unlike iOS, on Android this function and the options to access it will have a different name depending on the manufacturer. However, they should be similar enough that you can find it on any device.
- Enter the menu of Settings of your Android.
- go to Battery or an option in charge of managing this area.
- In case the option is not at a glance, look for a similar one in More battery settings.
- Now, you should be able to activate the Optimized recharge. Please note that this name may change to adaptive rechargeeither Optimized overnight charging. Simply look for the one with a name and description that matches what has been explained and activate it.