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.

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.

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.

What's New

  • New feature: In the settings panel it's now possible to reset all battery stats, useful when acquiring a new battery. Miscellaneous code bug fixing.
  • New feature: Charging Level notification. Example: Notify when the charging process reaches 80%. This is useful if the user wants to stop the charging process and remove the battery.
  • Settings panel layout tweaking.
  • Fixed some inconsistent language dialogs.
  • New feature: Displays the CPU and HDD name and Min and Max temperatures when mouse hover the Popup and Main Window.
  • Improved Intel Core CPU temperature readings: New method allows to detect a wider range of new CPU models.
  • Bugfix: Running in Administrator mode from the settings, caused the program to shutdown after 3 days.