Monitor the Performance of Laptop Battery Using BatteryCare

BatteryCare is free software to monitor performance of your laptop battery. Normally most of the laptops come with some sort of battery information, but the information is basic and most of the times optimization options are missing. It addresses these issues. Apart from that, it also shows the time left for discharge, and shows it in both percentage as well as exact time.

Apart from Battery statistics, it also continuously monitors CPU temperature and shows it. This is a useful info as high CPU temperatures drain the laptop battery faster. The inbuilt software of that laptop always showed discharge time as a few hours, even though battery would drain out in around 30 minutes.

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Features

• Battery’s discharge cycles monitoring: The advanced algorithm accurately records when a complete discharge cycle is performed.When the configured number of discharge cycles is reached, a notification balloon pops up to remind that a full discharge is required.
• Complete battery information: It calculates the statistical remaining time in laptops that don’t support the battery time left information and only list the charge percentage.Shows all the detailed information about the battery, such as wear level, capacities, consumption, manufacturer, etc.
• [advt]CPU and HDD temperature reading: BatteryCare constantly monitors your CPU and hard drive temperature, either in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
• Automatic power plans switching: Depending on the power source of the computer, BatteryCare can automatically select the power plan you prefer.
• [advt]Control over Windows Aero and demanding Services: Automatically disable the graphics accelerated theme in Windows Vista and/or demanding services that degrade battery lifetime. Once the laptop stops running on batteries, the theme is re-enabled and the stopped services are restored.
• Notification area information: It features a compact popup with the essential information you need to quickly monitor. Temperatures, charge status, remaining time and power plans
• Auto-updates: No need to trouble in downloading new installers, when a new version is available, the program updates itself.
• Lightweight in the system: Given the concern about the battery optimization, BatteryCare does not interfere with the system performance. It requires only a mere 0,1% of Processor and Memory resources.