Is there any way to remotely get a low battery notification for my Steam Deck? I don’t use it every day, and batteries don’t like to sit on a charger continuously, so it might sit idle for a couple days, (relatively) slowly losing charge.

I have the Steam App on my phone, and Valve has my email address. It would be great if the Steam Deck could send out an SOS before it dies.

  • frank@sopuli.xyz
    10·
    5 days ago

    batteries don’t like to sit on a charge continuously

    I absolutely agree for traditional lithium ion batteries, but for lithium polymer batteries, a middle SoC is best for longevity. As far as I understand, it’s better to sit at ~100 SoC than to do full discharge cycles, again unlike older battery tech which absolutely wanted full discharge cycles.

    If you wanna be gentle on batteries, it’s more about not rapidly charging them rather than doing charge cycles these days. So if the gameplay loop of optimizing your battery SoC is fun: do that, if not: I wouldn’t bother

    https://batteryuniversity.com/article/bu-808-how-to-prolong-lithium-based-batteries

      • frank@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        4 days ago

        Man i almost didn’t post this cuz I thought it might turn into a flame war.

        Thanks for not being a stereotypical Redditor