How often have you completed an extensive workday and come home with plenty of battery power remaining in your laptop?
Wishful thinking only
Microsoft recognizes this issue, and is testing a feature in Windows 11 which could extend battery life for laptop users.
As someone who deals with business technology on a daily basis, this could be an essential step forward for all companies.
This feature is known as adaptive Energy Saver.
Windows typically only activates its energy-saving feature when its battery power drops below certain threshold levels, although you can set this threshold in your settings. With adaptive energy saving, however, a smarter approach is taken towards energy conservation.
Your laptop is smart enough to assess what you are doing rather than waiting until the battery runs out, rather than just waiting until it does so. If you are only doing light tasks such as browsing the Internet, reading email messages or using Word documents, the energy-saving feature will activate automatically in the background.
Microsoft has assured us that this update won't alter the brightness of our screens, which is great news - no one wants their screen constantly dimming and brightening.
Your laptop's graphics chip and processor may become power hogs when not being used, drawing down more power and taking longer to charge than necessary. By decreasing these power drains, more time could be available for recharging it.
Your laptop settings must be manually configured to enable this feature; it won't turn itself on automatically. Not every feature tested makes it into the final release version; I think this one deserves it.
Business benefits of telecommuting for employees are obvious; you can enable them to work longer without charging them extra; this could include meetings, client visits and working at cafes throughout the day.
Reduce disruptions and stress with less frantic runs for an outlet.
Over time, improving battery efficiency can extend the lifespan of your laptops by requiring less frequent charging sessions and using them less frequently.
Microsoft is conducting tests of adaptive energy saver in its Canary channel - where Microsoft often tests ideas before making them more widely available.
I spend much of my time looking for small improvements that can have a major impact on productivity, such as this feature from Microsoft which will make Windows 11 laptops feel like they have received an upgrade without purchasing anything extra.
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