Galaxy Watch 8 receives a new setting that most users want to switch on

On the newly announced “Battery Protection” there is a new function “Battery Protection” Galaxy Watch 8 series with which the longevity of the watch battery is expanded.

We all know that not many people upgrade their smartwatches every year. And upgrades are not always huge from one year to the next, so that many people maintain their current smartwatch until a larger upgrade is entering, or it begins to have problems.

A problem that many smartwatches have over time over time is the battery deterioration. Nevertheless, most timepieces have no serious battery protection functions, so that they only have limited options to protect their battery.

Well, now it seems that Smartwatch manufacturers are careful with this problem, and Samsung also observes the longevity of the battery with a new function that comes with it Galaxy Watch 8 align.

In other words, the function keeps your Galaxy Watch battery between 85 and 90% of its maximum capacity when charging.

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Previous Galaxy Watch models only had two options in the “Load” section of the battery settings. They had “load information” and “Auto Power on”. The first was checked whether your device would display his battery level when charging, and the other was generally determined if your watch would automatically switch on if it was connected to a charger.

This new function brings things to the next stage. You may know that smartwatches (or a device with a lithium-ion battery) can constantly shorten the durability of the battery at 100% load. The 100% load is equipped with a voltage level for the battery due to the high level of loading.

Nowadays, many new smartphones have similar protective measures, e.g. B. the restriction of the load to 80%. For the Galaxy Watch 8It is 90%. Understandably, although 80% are better than 90%, smartwatches have smaller batteries, so Samsung probably didn't want her smartwatch no longer have a juice when looking.

At that time it is not clear A UI 8 watch update or it is only reserved for the newer models.

In the meantime, Apple has a similar function on the Apple Watch. I noticed it on my Apple Watch SE 2 – an automatic behavior in which the watch restricts the load if I didn't use the full battery and I charge it every evening. It is probably part of the optimized battery charging function, but instead of the load at times that I take off the charger, the battery is simply covered before reaching 100%.

But in contrast to Samsung's new feature, this is automatically triggered and only triggered under certain conditions (e.g. charged every night).