The battery of a laptop or laptop has a certain capacity, which gives us total autonomy. But with use and with each recharge cycle, this capacity decreases. Over time it can be halved, even less until the time comes when it becomes unusable, but there may also be other factors that can affect its ability. In this sense, it is necessary to know what state the battery is in and Windows 10 can help us to know it. How does it work? Here we explain it to you.

Windows 10 allows you to generate a battery health status report. In addition, there are applications that will help us analyze this information and determine if the battery is not in good shape or if it is simply behaving normally given the use we give it.

How to check battery health in Windows 10?

The Windows 10 battery icon barely offers us some basic data, such as its total capacity, and the percentage of charge. However, it also offers the possibility of making a complete report on the status of the battery, including its use and charge, or the estimation of its remaining life. Next, we explain what steps you must follow:

Right click on the start icon
A menu will be displayed upwards and you will have to click on Windows PowerShell (Administrator)
Then a blue PowerShell window will appear, type or paste this command: powercfg /batteryreport /output “C:\battery-report.html”
Hit enter and the aforementioned tool will make a battery report and save it to your laptop
To check it out, type “this PC” in the Windows search bar
Left click on the app
Finally, go to local disk (C:) and find the file battery-report.html and click on it to see the report.

Most batteries last 1,000 or 2,000 charges. Check this information in the manual of the laptop. If the cycles in the report are close to the life cycles of the battery, you will need to change it very soon. Another important piece of information is the real autonomy of the battery compared to the maximum autonomy when it is new. What Windows 10 calls Battery Life Estimate.