Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta

After a long time of users asking, Valve has actually added an official Battery Charge Limit setting in the latest Steam Deck Beta update so you no longer need to use third-party tools.

This is probably one of the most-requested features people have wanted to see. Very useful for keeping your battery healthy, especially if you’re leaving it charged and docked all the time.

From the May 8th release notes:

General

• Added Battery Charge Limit control to Settings->Power

  • This option allows you to set a maximum charge limit for your Steam Deck.
  • Limiting the charge limit to 80% can be beneficial for long term battery health. This can be useful if your Steam Deck is constantly being charged (i.e. docked), or very rarely has its battery depleted.

• Moved display dim and suspend timeout settings to Settings->Power.
• Moved ‘Show Battery Percentage’ setting to Settings->Power.
• Fixed pasting from on-screen keyboard.

Steam Input

• Speculative Fix for rare DualSense Edge gyroscope related bug.

Source: Valve

Here’s how it looks on my Steam Deck LCD:

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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.