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Brady Snyder

How to optimize charging on a Google Pixel

The official Google Pixelsnap Qi2 wireless charger and dock for the Google Pixel 10 series.

Your phone's battery is rechargeable and guaranteed to degrade over time. All batteries are consumable components that, with enough use and charge cycles, will wear down and need replacing. However, there are steps you can take to prolong the battery health of your smartphone. Minimizing the amount of time your phone spends fully charged is one way to extend the life of your smartphone's battery.

Google Pixel phones, like many others, have software tricks that can make your battery last longer. That includes optimized battery charging. It's a feature that intelligently learns your charging habits and delays filling your phone up to 100% until you're ready to use it. Here's everything you need to know about optimized battery charging on Google Pixel phones — and how to enable it.

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