In the event you’re coping with what seems to be poor battery life on the Nintendo Swap 2, the corporate has a support document with steps you possibly can attempt to repair it.
The doc spells out what you possibly can attempt if “the battery quantity displayed and the precise remaining battery use don’t match,” in response to Nintendo. “For instance, you’ll be able to proceed utilizing your Nintendo Swap 2 console for just a few hours although the battery cost indicator shows the battery is sort of depleted.”
Nintendo’s troubleshooting steps embrace ensuring you may have an “adequately highly effective AC adapter” to cost your system, confirming that your console has the hollywood system replace, and booting the system into restoration mode, which the corporate says “ought to reset the battery degree meter.” If these steps don’t work and your battery life continues to be exhibiting incorrectly, Nintendo suggests sending your console in for service.
Since final week’s launch, there’s been some chatter about poor battery life, however a few of which may simply be because of the Swap 2 not having an important battery. On the Swap 2 tech specs page, Nintendo charges battery life from roughly 2 to six.5 hours, and it notes that these are “tough estimates” and that “the battery life will rely upon the video games you play.” For comparability, Nintendo charges the Switch and Switch OLED for about 4.5 to 9 hours of battery.
The variations are stark in a battery test on YouTube between the Swap 2, Swap OLED, and Swap Lite. With all three working Tremendous Mario Odyssey below related circumstances, the Swap 2 was the primary console to energy down after about 2 hours and 45 minutes. The following was the Swap Lite, which lasted practically half-hour longer. And the Swap OLED? It lasted for about double the time of the Swap 2, lastly powering off at nearly 5 hours and half-hour.