iOS has a Battery Well being characteristic that is lacking as a local characteristic on Android to point out the system battery’s most remaining capability. Nonetheless, Android 14 may deliver that to all Android gadgets when its remaining model is launched.
Former XDA-Builders‘ EIC Mishaal Rahman has revealed that Google added some new BatteryManager APIs to Android 14 beta. Two of them are public APIs – used to supply details about cycle depend and charging standing – whereas the remaining are system APIs that report the system’s manufacturing date, date of first use, charging coverage, and state of well being.
Rahman stories that any app with the BATTERY_STATS permission can name these system APIs, however they’re accessible solely on Pixel gadgets working Android 14 Beta 2 or greater. Developer Narek developed an app known as Batt that makes use of these new APIs to report the smartphone’s battery well being and cost cycles. You may obtain it from GitLab and check out it in your system if it is working Android 14.
Nonetheless, the accuracy of the info the app shares cannot be vouched for because it stories what the APIs return and people stats rely upon the knowledge the charging IC tracks. It additionally will depend on whether or not or not the HAL helps this characteristic.
Here is hoping Google will add a correct battery well being characteristic to the steady Android 14 so you do not have to depend on apps like Batt to test your system’s battery well being standing.
