Don’t worry — your laptop isn’t broken.
Smart charging has just temporarily limited your battery to extend its useful lifespan.
What is Smart Charging on Windows?
Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek
Most laptop manufacturers have something equivalent to Microsoft’s smart charging, though the implementation varies.
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Should You Use Smart Charging?
Yes, you should use smart charging.
Smart charging, likeadaptive charging, is designed toincrease the useful lifespanof the battery in your machine.
It certainly won’t make things worse, and there is a good chance it’ll make things better.
Moreover, you don’t have much of a choice.
Smart charging typically enables and disables itself automatically based on your charging habits.
How Do You Enable or Disable Smart Charging?
The next charge should take your battery all the way up to 100%.
Enabling smart charging is more complicated.
None of them enabled it.
You’ll just be able to click a button to turn it on or off in that case.
Don’t just go wild changing parameters in the UEFI/BIOS.
How Does Smart Charging Actually Work?
Every charge cycle very slightly reduces the total capacity of the battery.
Smart charging limits all of those factors and, ideally,extends the life of your laptop’s battery.
Is it going to ensure that your battery has its original capacity after two years of regular use?
