All smartphones have lithium-ion batteries powering them, and due to their chemical nature, they can lose the ability to hold a charge over time. So, while it is inevitable for your phone’s battery to degrade, there are ways that can help you slow down the process—thereby increasing the amount of time you can comfortably use your device.
Apple iPhones do let you know exactly how much your battery has degraded to address this very concern, and now it appears that Android could copy this feature from iOS and introduce it for Pixel and other smartphones running Android. This is because, so far, there have been only third-party apps that could suggest the same, but they, too, are not accurate. That said, some OEMs, including OnePlus, already offer this functionality.
As reported by Android Authority, Android phones could soon gather information from their batteries and share it with the OS to help users track battery health information. The initial work in this direction was done with Android 14, but the report adds that this may finally materialise with the launch of Android 15.
This development comes after Google launched the December 2023 feature drop update for its Pixel smartphones. This update, notably, brought a new battery information page that lets users gauge their battery cycle count and the manufacturing date of the battery.
Furthermore, the report adds that these are not the only metrics that Android 14 pulls and sends to apps; other information, including the date of first use, charging status, and battery health, is also shared. So, if the battery health feature does make it to the market with Android, it would mean that most Android users would be able to see the exact state of their battery and even calculate how much of the original capacity their battery currently retains.
Mishaal Rahman, who spotted this development, notes that this isn’t available in the Android settings app just yet, but this may change soon with an update to the Settings Services app.
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