Xiaomi announced on Weibo on Friday that it has created a new smartphone battery technology. This isn’t something Xiaomi fans will have to wait years for, as a translation of Xiaomi’s post says that production of this new technology will begin in the second half of next year. What this technology will do is increase the capacity of a battery by 10%, while keeping the component’s volume the same.
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This means Xiaomi will be able to fit more battery power into a smaller package. Xiaomi will do this by increasing the silicon electrode content and making a change to the packaging by shrinking and twisting the control circuits so that they are flush with the top of the battery instead of protruding. As a result, Xiaomi will be able to fit a 4400 mAh battery in the space normally used for a 4000 mAh battery.
Additionally, the automatic translation of the Weibo post mentions something called a “fuel meter chip” that not only allows the battery to last longer, but also makes it safer. It allows the phone to use Xiaomi’s technology to intelligently charge the battery overnight. Many handsets will already do this and call the feature adaptive charging. Using machine learning, your phone learns the time you usually take the handset off the charger in the morning.
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The phone then charges the battery to 80% and calculates when it needs to start charging again to reach 100% by the time you would normally unplug the device. This prevents the constant flow of power to a battery that is designed to maintain a 100% charge from damaging the battery's health. And as we said, many handsets already offer a feature like this, although Xiaomi has integrated it into the battery controller along with a temperature management system.
Information source: phonearena.com
