Pixels can now limit their battery charging to 80% This helps keep batteries healthier for longer The feature also adds support for 'bypass charging' One of the updates now being pushed out to Pixels users in the December Pixel Drop is a new option to limit battery charges to 80% – and Google just clarified exactly how the feature works.

Google's new feature lets you cap your phone's battery charge at 80%. There are two great reasons you'll want to take advantage of that.

It wouldn’t be the end of the year without one final significant Pixel feature drop to close us out. Pixel 9 users are particularly in for a treat as they’ll be the first smartphones to get the new Pixel Screenshots upgrades, which include the ability to save material directly from Circle to Search and a more robust search of your screenshots.

Pixel Drop quiet delivered users a significant, albeit unadvertised, improvement to battery management: "bypass charging." This feature, coupled with the new ability to limit battery charging to 80%,

Google started to roll out the Android 15 QPR1 update. One of the features that comes with this update is the ability to limit charging to 80%. Along with that feature comes bypass charging. Which is a second feature that help save the health of your battery.

Google has apparently added "bypass" charging to Pixel smartphones with the latest update. Here's what that means for the battery.