Decky Power Tools already offers this, and I believe there’s a desktop setting for it as well. Still very nice to have though.

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    That’s how all rechargeable batteries work isn’t it? If I understand correctly, there’s no such thing as 100% because it would break it.

    Is the change here that they’re letting the user set the limit?

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      not quite, there is a 100% and there is a true 0%, but going above 4.2V or below 3.7V damages the battery’s capacity incredibly fast, so it’s better to avoid those by setting 100% to 4.2 and 0% to 3.7 (also because that’s the interval where most of the energy is stored) (Talking about Li-ion here)

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      Yes, but this allows user to define lower limit, which further prolongs the battery life.
      I want to be able to control whether it charges up to 75, 90 or 100 of the available capacity.