Wish your Windows 11 laptop had better battery life? Microsoft is working on
a new power-saving trick that could really help

Date:
Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:05:24 +0000

Description:
Windows 11 could soon get a smart power-management feature that boosts
battery life in certain circumstances.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Windows 11 has a new power-saving feature in testing It kicks in when you leave your laptop for a period of time While youre away, power management settings
ensure a minimal amount of battery is used and when you return, things instantly return to normal

Windows 11 is set to receive fresh capabilities to preserve the battery life of your laptop with the introduction of a new feature in testing recently.

Windows Latest picked up on this one, with the power-management feature
being revealed in a preview build from a couple of weeks back (which the site missed at the time, and I did, too).

Microsoft rather clunkily calls this functionality User Interaction-Aware CPU Power Management but to be fair, that does describe how it works.

The idea is that when you leave your laptop to go and do something else, and maybe get distracted, Windows 11 will notice that youve gone and are no
longer interacting with the device.

In these cases, after a set period of time Windows will apply power-consumption reduction measures to extend battery life, because while youre not using the laptop , youre not going to be worried about what that might do to performance (obviously).

When you return to your device and start using it again, Microsoft promises that full performance [is] instantly restored as youd hope. Analysis:
promises and caveats (Image credit: Shutterstock/Ham patipak)

Theres no downside here, then, at least if what Microsoft is maintaining here is true that as soon as you come back to use your device, full performance
is instantly back at your fingertips. If theres a bit of lag in terms of responsiveness returning, that might be annoying, depending on how much but well take Microsofts word at face value that this wont be an issue.

The company does mention one caveat, though, which is that the power savings Windows 11 users benefit from will vary. Theyll depend on the power plan chosen in the OS, and whether your laptop is plugged in, and also processor power-management settings as defined by the manufacturer.

In the latter case, this means there may be factors that the laptop maker has implemented that affect how much battery life the feature can preserve.

If you dont want this functionality there will seemingly be a way to turn it off, presumably under Windows 11s power management settings . I cant see why you wouldnt want extra battery savings to happen in this way, though, providing the feature works as seamlessly as Microsoft is suggesting.

With this new power-management trickery in testing now, it seems like theres
a good chance itll arrive with Windows 11 25H2 later this year . This is an area Microsoft has been working on quite a lot recently, including bringing
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