Optimized Battery Charging Finally Kicked In!

[jsnuff1]

I got the M1 Max and use it at work so it rarely falls below 90% battery (use it for a few hours at night after work or in morning on battery). Was getting concerned since it was always at 100%, but after ~ 3 weeks looks like optimized battery charging finally kicked in.

What's interesting is it was at 95% when I plugged it in at work this morning, and it actually drained the battery down to 80% while plugged in. Interested to see if it will just keep it at 80% from now on or if it will start charging it before I leave...

 

[Raebo]

Thanks for posting. I was wondering how long it would take before the optimize wicked in.

 

[Sanpete]

Took two weeks for me, but I had it plugged in more consistently, probably.

 

[julesme]

I’m still waiting for mine to kick in (after >2 weeks).

 

[Natzoo]

Wish it would kick in on my iPhone, but nice to see it works on the mac. To people waiting, why not use AlDente?

 

[PerfumedPonce]

My M1 14" Macbook Pro shows the Power icon until the battery drops to around 80% and then seems to charge. Is this a consequence of optimized charging?

 

[Hawker 800]

14 days for me

 

[m3lover1]

I got the M1 Max and use it at work so it rarely falls below 90% battery (use it for a few hours at night after work or in morning on battery). Was getting concerned since it was always at 100%, but after ~ 3 weeks looks like optimized battery charging finally kicked in.

What's interesting is it was at 95% when I plugged it in at work this morning, and it actually drained the battery down to 80% while plugged in. Interested to see if it will just keep it at 80% from now on or if it will start charging it before I leave...

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Is this with MagSafe or usb c?

 

[jsnuff1]

Been using the USB C charger on my monitor

 

[m3lover1]

I see. Thanks. I've always been using my MBP 16 at work with it unplugged since most of the time the battery would last me the day. Then when I get home I would charge it overnight and use off battery again the next day, etc. Sometimes at night when I'm using it at home and I have it plugged in, I do see that it stops charging at a certain point.

Now I've decided to use my MBP at work with the adapter plugged in so I can use the battery optimization function, but not sure if it works with the MagSafe or not. Granted I just started yesterday so might need a while to re-learn the patterns.

 

[Kafka]

It hasn't kicked in on my 14" yet, it's been more than a month. It's used like a desktop 99% of the time.

 

[WilliamG]

Mine kicked in within a week. My 16" MBP was delivered with 3 cycles on launch day, and now sits at 4 cycles, 2 months later! It's connected to my display 99.999999% of the time.