SEE: Windows 10 power tips: Secret shortcuts to your favorite settings (TechRepublic Premium) First, you can easily check on your battery’s current charge. Click on the battery icon on the Taskbar, and a notification should show you the percentage of remaining charge available as well as the number of hours and minutes until the charge runs out.
If you’re using Windows 11, click the battery icon on the System Tray. The number in the bottom-left corner displays the current battery charge. Reducing the screen brightness goes a long way toward preserving your charge. Move the slider on the bar to the left to a level that dims the screen but still allows you to see and use it clearly enough.
Open it with your web browser. Analyze: Look for the “Design Capacity” and “Full Charge Capacity” to see if the battery is holding its original charge. Additionally, check the “Recent Usage” section for charge/discharge rates. BatteryInfoView: A free utility showing detailed charging/discharging information.
If you want to preserve your battery charge, keep the settings for battery power on the low side, maybe an hour or two before your screen dims and two hours before your PC goes to sleep. If you’re using Windows 11, click the battery icon on the System Tray. The number in the bottom-left corner displays the current battery charge.
It would be incredibly useful if the base station battery would charge the screen battery as soon as the two are reattached. Seems a lot more logical too as only the screen portion can be used as a standalone device whilst the base station cannot...
When you are not charging, the battery level and charge status will be live (hence the negative charge current and decreasing voltage in the screenshot below), while the rest of the page (everything below the orange banner) will show the historical data for the most recent charge.