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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A by int_19h on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @09:08AM (#24060360)
What I don't get is why phones can't be configured to just never charge past 80% or so, for people who rarely need that 100%, and would rather the battery wear less.

It's a thing for some laptops; e.g. Lenovo specifically advertises such a setting.

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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A by fulafel on Thursday August 06, 2020 @07:05AM (#24069865)
Apparently you can do it on rooted Android, though I haven't tried it (eg https://www.androidexplained.com/battery-charge-limit/)
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