HP Business Notebook PCs - HP Battery Health Manager
HP Battery Health Manager is a BIOS-level setting found in most HP business notebooks. It is designed to optimize battery health by minimizing the notebook battery exposure to key factors, such as high state-of-charge, which can accelerate the natural degradation and chemical aging of the battery over time.
To learn more about Lithium-Ion Polymer Batteries, how they naturally degrade, and the factors that can accelerate chemical aging, see HP Notebook PCs - Lithium-Ion Polymer Batteries.
To learn more about battery swelling and what to do if your battery is showing signs of swelling, see HP Notebook PCs - Swelling or deformation of notebook battery.
Updated version of HP Battery Health Manager is now available
The latest version of HP Battery Health Manager is available now on select HP business notebooks starting from series G7. This update includes an additional setting and enhancements to the existing settings. To download the latest version of HP Battery Health Manager that is available for your device, update your BIOS.
Install HP Battery Health Manager
Introduced in 2018, HP Battery Health Manager is available on HP business notebooks starting from series G3. If HP Battery Health Manager is not visible in your computer BIOS, update your system to the latest BIOS version that is available for your device to install HP Battery Health Manager.
For information about how to download the BIOS update containing the latest version of HP Battery Health Manager that is available for your device, see HP Commercial Notebook PCs, HP Mobile Workstation PCs, HP Mobile Thin Clients - Updated Battery Health Manager Available or HP Business Notebook PCs - Updating the BIOS (Basic Input Output System).
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The latest version of HP Battery Health Manager is available only on select HP business notebooks starting from series G7; therefore, the available settings might vary depending on your version of HP Battery Health Manager.
Select the optimal setting
When enabled, HP Battery Health Manager helps maintain optimal battery health by mitigating key factors that can accelerate battery aging over time. The latest version of HP Battery Health Manager provides three unique setting options based on the general user profile and priorities of the organization.
The three available options include the following:
Let HP Manage My Battery Health
Let HP Manage My Battery Health is the default setting for HP Battery Health Manager. This setting balances battery run time and battery health and is ideal for users who use their notebook both on AC power and battery power throughout the day. Over time, HP Battery Health Manager reduces the available full charge capacity of the battery. This reduction in available full charge capacity reduces the battery's ability to enter a high state-of-charge, which helps to reduce the rate of natural degradation. Because of this reduction, battery run time decreases over time as available full charge capacity is reduced.
Use this setting in hybrid work environments where the notebook is used both on AC power and battery power throughout the day.
When the Let HP Manage My Battery Health setting is selected, HP Intelligent Charging is enabled on the device. HP Intelligent Charging provides protection against accelerated battery degradation by constantly monitoring the battery and detecting when the battery has been exposed to a high state-of-charge for several consecutive days. See HP Intelligent Charging for more information.
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Depending on the version of HP Battery Health Manager available for your device, this setting might be named Let HP Manage My Battery Charging. After HP Battery Health Manager is updated, the name changes to Let HP Manage My Battery Health.
Maximize Battery Health Management
The Maximize Battery Health Management setting maximizes the long-term health of the battery by limiting its available full charge capacity to 80% of the design charge capacity, which is ideal for users who primarily keep their notebook connected to AC power.
This adjusted full charge capacity prevents the battery from entering into a high state-of-charge, a crucial step in mitigating accelerated chemical aging over time. This configuration can help optimize battery health, supporting a longer lasting and healthier battery life.
Use this setting in environments where the notebook is connected constantly to AC power or connected to a docking station throughout the day.
If the battery is currently charged to more than 80% of available full charge capacity when this setting is enabled, the battery capacity can be discharged either by disconnecting the computer from AC power or by letting the system slowly discharge the battery over time. On newer devices, the system might automatically discharge the battery to 80%.
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When the Maximize Battery Health Management setting is selected, the Battery status icon in the Windows system tray displays 100%. The notebook battery is being limited to 80% of the design charge capacity.
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When the Maximize Battery Health Management setting is selected in the Windows 11 operating system, no heart icon is displayed next to the Battery status icon in the Windows system tray.
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Depending on the version of HP Battery Health Manager available for your device, this setting might be named Maximize My Battery Health or Maximize Battery Health or Maximize Battery Health Management.
Minimize Battery Health Management (G7 and later series only)
The Minimize Battery Health Management setting is available with the latest BIOS release. This setting disables select features in HP Battery Health Manager designed to manage the long-term health of the battery, allowing the battery to charge to the available full charge capacity. This setting is ideal for users who primarily use their notebook on battery power and want to maximize battery run time.
Use this setting in environments where the notebook is used primarily on battery power and you want to maximize battery run time throughout the day.
When the Minimize Battery Health Management setting is selected, HP Intelligent Charging is still enabled on the device. HP Intelligent Charging provides protection against accelerated battery degradation by constantly monitoring the battery and detecting when the battery has been exposed to a high state-of-charge for several consecutive days. See HP Intelligent Charging for more information.
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This setting disables HP Battery Health Manager features that prevent the battery from entering a high state-of-charge. This can accelerate chemical aging, which can increase the battery's natural degradation.
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When you select Minimize Battery Health Management, HP recommends that you fully discharge the battery (to the point the device must shut down), and then recharge the battery to 100%. Allowing the battery to fully discharge recalibrates the battery firmware and enables the device to more accurately report the updated charge capacity to battery diagnostics tools and the system tray. Battery calibration can also be done using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI. For more information, see HP Notebook PCs - Testing and calibrating the battery (Windows).
HP Intelligent Charging
HP Intelligent Charging provides additional protection against accelerated battery degradation by constantly monitoring the battery and detecting when the battery has been exposed to a high state-of-charge for several consecutive days.
When HP Intelligent Charging identifies that the battery has been in a high state-of-charge for multiple consecutive days, it automatically discharges the battery to 80% of design charge capacity. This adjusted full charge capacity prevents stress on the battery caused by the battery being in a high state-of-charge.
The battery is limited to 80% of design charge capacity until you exit the HP Intelligent Charging feature. To exit this feature, perform one of the following actions:
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Disconnect and reconnect the computer to AC power twice within a 10-minute period.
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Disconnect the computer from AC power and allow the battery to discharge at least 10%.
HP Intelligent Charging is still enabled and continues to monitor the battery exposure to a high state-of-charge. If the battery remains in a high state-of-charge for multiple consecutive days, HP Intelligent Charging again limits the available full charge capacity.
While HP Intelligent Charging is active, the battery cannot charge to 100% of the available full charge capacity. A heart icon is displayed over the Battery status icon in the Windows 11 system tray to display that the battery is limited to 80% of design charge capacity.
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The HP Intelligent Charging feature cannot be disabled.
Change HP Battery Health Manager settings
You can update your HP Battery Health Manager settings manually or by using Microsoft Manageability Tools or HP Client Manageability Tools.
Access HP Battery Health Manager settings in the BIOS
The HP Battery Health Manager settings are located in the BIOS.
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You can access BIOS by pressing f10 during startup
The order and description of the settings might change depending on the model and the BIOS version you have on your system.
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Turn off the computer, and then connect the AC adapter if it is not already connected.
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Turn on the computer, and then repeatedly press the f10 key to open the BIOS Setup Utility.
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Using the arrow keys, select Advanced > Power Management Options.
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To review the setting options, click Battery Health Manager, and then select the appropriate settings.
Change settings automatically using a manageability tool or dashboard
If you manage an installed base for an organization, you can configure HP Battery Health Manager settings using a wide range of manageability tools. HP has developed a whitepaper that provides detailed information and sample scripts on how to change HP Battery Health Manager settings using popular manageability tools and dashboards.
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The Minimize Battery Health Management feature is not available via HP Power Manager at this time.
Go to Enabling Battery Health Manager in Your Environment (in English) for more information.
Disclaimer
This content is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to address all potential battery-related issues that you might experience. Overall battery health and performance are dependent on a variety of factors, including battery use, care, and storage. For more information, contact your authorized HP technical representative.
Depending on the version available for your device and the setting you select, HP Battery Health Manager will use a proprietary set of algorithms to optimize battery health during the life of the battery. New commercial notebooks come equipped with HP Battery Health Manager set to Let HP Manage My Battery Health as the default. This setting reduces charge capacity over time to optimize battery health and mitigate factors that can accelerate battery degradation. As a result of this reduction, battery run time decreases over time as available charge capacity is reduced. HP may, at any time, update HP Battery Health Manager to improve available settings, functionality, and performance. Refurbished products might have customized default settings to optimize user experience. For additional information on updating or modifying HP Battery Health Manager settings, please go to http://www.hp.com/support/battery.
For new batteries, actual battery Watt-hours (Wh) may differ from the design capacity and may have a full charge capacity that differs by up to 10%, which is typical for lithium-ion batteries. Battery capacity naturally decreases over time and with use, depending on several factors such as battery health management settings, shelf life, temperature, environment, loaded apps, features, system configuration, and power settings.
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