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Check Battery Health of Laptop Running Windows 11
For starters, battery health is its current charge holding capacity vis-a-vis its original design capacity. Most modern laptops use lithium-ion batteries, which have a limited lifespan. If you have one, you might have already noticed that the battery efficiency has reduced over time. Like Windows 10, Windows 11 offers a built-in way to generate a detailed battery report. Plus, you can also use certain third-party tools to check the battery health of the laptop. Both the ways are detailed below. Also, Read | 3 Ways to Set Low or Full Battery Alerts on MacBook
1. Generate Battery Health Report via PowerShell
The easiest way to check battery health on any Windows machine is through the hidden Battery Report tool. It works via Command Prompt/ PowerShell as follows:
The report will open in your browser. Here, you can check the battery’s specifications and capacity. It’ll also show the battery capacity history, battery life estimates, and stats for recent usage.
Here, you can see that the design capacity of my device’s battery is 42,082 mWh. Whereas the full charge capacity is 33,949 mWh which means it has lost some of its holding capacity over time. The current health is about 80% of the original design capacity.
Under Battery capacity history, you can see how your battery’s full charging capacity has faired against the actual design capacity over time. It’ll keep reducing as the battery is charged, used, and discharged.
Furthermore, the Battery life estimates section will show how long your laptop should last based on its design capacity vs. how long it’s actually lasting. These values will refresh every time you use the powercfg command in the Powershell window to check battery health. Each time, the existing battery report will be replaced with the new report.
2. Via Third-Party Software
Several third-party tools let you check battery health, like BatteryCat and HWiInfo. Below is how you can use these apps on your laptop.
Check Battery Health Using BatteryCat
Here, you can see my laptop’s current battery capacity is 81% of the original capacity. You can also see the battery charge cycles.
Check Battery Health Using HWiNFO
Here, you can see that the battery on my device has lost almost 20% of its original capacity.
Tips to Prolong Battery Life of Your Windows Laptop
Battery degradation is inevitable. However, you can slow down the process and make it last longer by following some simple tips below.
Avoid draining the battery completely.Do not charge it to 100 percent all the time.Try to keep in the ideal range of 40 to 80 percent.Some manufacturers provide the feature to maintain 80 or 60 percent charge capacity while plugged in. Use it to prolong the overall battery lifespan.Ensure the battery does not heat up- use it in a well-ventilated place.Use only the original charger to charge your laptop.
If your battery has started malfunctioning and the laptop is still under warranty, get it checked at an authorized service center. Other articles related to Windows 11:
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Wrapping Up
This is how you can check your laptop battery health in Windows 11. As you can see, both the built-in battery report and third-party apps show accurate data. You can use either of the ways to gauge the current battery capacity. Anyways, what’s the battery health on your device? Let me know in the comments below.
