Re:Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business
by jen729w on Monday April 02, 2018 @04:45PM
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I believe products already do this. A good few years ago I was asked by a guy why his plugged-in HP laptop was telling him it “wasn’t charging”. I looked up the docs and discovered that between 95-100% it would turn on/off the charging as required.
I’ve heard separately (no source, sorry [edit: see below]) that Apple products also do this, they just don’t confuse the user by telling them that it’s happening. I wouldn’t be surprised if HP et. al. have since changed their user notification behaviour, too.
Source: forum posts going back almost a decade. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=apple+laptop+stops+chargi...
Re:Laptop explodes while charging at Letchworth business
by Tijdreiziger on Monday April 02, 2018 @06:00PM
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Wow, that's a pretty neat feature. I think there are many people who leave their phone to charge during the night, only for it to 'fast charge' up in 1 or 2 hours and then sit at 100% for the rest of the night.
It would be nice if this feature defaulted to charging to 95% or whatever. I usually know in advance if I'll need that extra 5% for a long journey.