Windows 11 has a built-in report that provides insight into your laptop’s battery status, including whether a replacement is actually needed.
You can run a report to check battery health in Windows 11.
This report provides details on capacity, cycle counts, and more.
If your battery is nearing the end of its life, it can be replaced.
Have you noticed a decline in your laptop’s battery life? Does it randomly fall below 20%, leaving you scrambling for a charger? You can run a report to check your battery’s overall health and if it’s time to replace it. And no, you don’t have to be a pro to access this feature.
The fact is that batteries are, by their nature, consumable technology. All will inevitably degrade, regardless of how they’re treated.
You may have heard about ways to maximize battery optimization, but I wouldn’t stress about these techniques. There’s no need to fixate on unplugging your laptop at a certain point or monitoring the charge percentage like a hawk. Your actions will only affect battery life so much.
That said, if your battery is a shadow of its former self, it may be nearing the end of its lifespan. Here’s how you can check battery health in Windows 11. How to run a battery report
This report describes the name of your battery, its chemistry (likely either lithium-ion (Li-ion) or lithium-polymer (LiP)), its lifecycle position, and some recent charging data. Let’s explore the most important metrics in the report.
First, we have design capacity, which refers to the power the battery could pump out when it was brand new, in mWh (milliwatt-hours). This metric measures energy, not charge.
Now check the metric right below that.
