Gnome 48's 'preserve battery health' feature

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Will Gnome 48’s ‘preserve battery health’ feature be supported in Bluefin and/or Bazzite or is it going to be device dependent (what even would the hardware requirements be)?

Per Gnome 48 release notes:

GNOME 48 includes a new option which enhances the lifespan of the device’s battery. When enabled, battery charge is limited to 80% while the device is plugged in. Maintaining the battery charge level at this reduced level keeps the battery working better for longer.
This new battery health preservation behavior can be enabled in the Power settings, in the new Battery Charging option. It is only available on hardware which supports the feature.

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I haven’t seen this on my framework’s yet but would be interested in finding out how to turn it on so we can do that. :smiley:

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Well, someone wrote this on Framework Community: https://community.frame.work/t/gnome-48-preserve-battery-health/67918/4
edit: nevermind, it doesn’t work on Zen 4 after BIOS update, on Zen 5 and 12th gen Intel (?)

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When I was running Ubuntu (until last week :wink:), I was using the Battery Health Charging extension. The Framework laptops are supposed to be supported.

(I don’t need it anymore since it’s baked in Aurora’s KDE Plasma 6.)

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This works in Bazzite. I’ve been using it since the last major update. (This is on AMD non-deck image on a Thinkpad.) I’m not running Bluefin but surely it’s the same?