You can check battery health in desktop mode, by clicking on the battery.

I’ve had my OLED deck for a little over a year now, and it’s still reporting 100% battery health.

  • HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth
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    3 days ago

    94 % 2022 LCD the Deck is my main gaming device and is mostly always docked or plug in when i play so it’s not that bad and thanks for the TIL about checking battery health

    • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Actually it would probably be even better then that if it wasn’t plugged in all the time. Without battery conservation on, the battery lifespan is reduced by being plugged in constantly.

      • HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth
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        20 hours ago

        I know that when it hit 100% it’s stop charging and let the battery discharge to 90-95% before charging it again

        I’m surprise my battery health was not at 80%

  • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’ve had my OLED Steam Deck since launch (Nov 2023) and it still reports 98% battery health

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Considering I got mine fixed less than a month ago and haven’t been using it at much, I’d hope the battery would be at 100% health. Not 100% sure since I haven’t been on desktop mode since getting it back, though.

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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    3 days ago

    100% - first gen Deck

    I am not a huge Deck user, meaning most of the PC time and games are played on my actual PC. The Deck is only a secondary device, for a few times here and there. I have over 130 hours on RetroArch, and a few hours on various other stuff. Therefore its expected that the battery is still in good condition.

  • truxnell@infosec.pubEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Mate informed me a hour ago his OG LCD battery is dead and it only runs on external power now…

    Good thing they are somewhat repairable!

  • Zelaf@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    I got a pre-order LCD Deck (256GB) from mid-October. While I don’t game too much on mine but mainly do desktop work, mostly server management and web development, it holds about 3 or 4 hours depending on how heavy the task is. When I play No Man’s Sky it’ll last about an hour.

    I can’t see battery health as easily in GNOME tho. But I’m not complaining. This is while being plugged into a USB-C external 1080p OLED monitor and mouse and keyboard connected with Bluetooth.

    For people wondering how the battery health is calculated, I’m guessing it’s what the factory max charge was in watt hours and how many it comparably holds now during max charge. That’s at least how I’ve seen battery health being calculated before!

  • tunetardis@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Mine says 99% health. I don’t know how reliable a metric that is?

    Lately, I’ve been playing on battery exclusively and basically going with the 1 gaming session = 1 battery charge regimen to self-regulate. I may need to re-evaluate this as the battery ages, but it’s good discipline for me at the moment…

  • colourlesspony@pawb.social
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    4 days ago

    Mine seems to have plenty of capacity left but has trouble powering my xr glasses below 60% if I’m gaming. Also if it’s cold it will shut off under load until it’s warmed up. I got mine really early around May 2022 I think.

  • Clasm@ttrpg.network
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    4 days ago

    Mine failed a couple of months into owning the 500mb original model. Only holds about a couple of minutes of charge when it isn’t plugged in.