Apple has released the second beta version of MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 and detailed a new battery health management feature that will be automatically activated after installation.
This feature is designed to improve the life of a MacBook’s lithium-ion battery, which users cannot replace themselves.
Apple’s goal is to increase battery life by reducing the rate at which the battery ages. This feature works by monitoring battery temperature history and charge patterns – the two factors that determine how quickly a battery wears out.
Default function on all MacBooks purchased with MacOS Catalina 10.15.5
Although it is designed to increase the possible usage time before users need to replace a battery, this choice also results in the possible reduction of the operating time of the laptop on a single charge . “When the battery health management is activated, the maximum charge capacity of your battery may be limited”, Apple note.
“Although this feature is designed to improve the life of your battery, the limited maximum capacity could update your battery status menu ” However, users can choose to deactivate the battery status management function in the “Energy saver” menu of System Preferences. A new battery health management button is located at the bottom of the screen, where the functionality can be disabled.
But, of course, disabling this feature could shorten the life of the battery. According to Apple, the function will be activated by default on all MacBooks purchased with macOS Catalina 10.15.5 and later, as well as on existing systems after updating to this version of MacOS.
MacOS battery health management is similar to the “Battery Health” feature that Apple added to iOS following the controversy that followed the discovery by users of the limitation of the performance of the iPhone on certain devices . Apple finally admitted to secretly adding an energy management function in iOS 10.2.1 to deal with unexpected stops that were happening in late 2016.
Source: ZDNet.com
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