Samsung brings back much-missed battery setting to millions of Android smartphones

SAMSUNG has brought back a much-missed battery setting to millions of Android smartphones.

The new One UI 6 phone did not have a “since last charge” feature on its battery usage page.

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This made it difficult to work out a Galaxy phone’s battery life as the stats showed consumption for the last 24 hours instead of from its last charge.

After a raft of complaints, the feature is back in the battery menu.

The change emerged in the latest Device Care release for Galaxy devices.

Android watcher Tarun Vats announced the news on X.

He said: “Samsung heard your cries & brings back LAST FULL CHARGE Screen On Time in One UI 6 with new Device Care update (v13.8.06.11)!”

The metrics shown for “since last charge” do not require your device to be fully charged.

If you top up your phone’s battery to 80 percent it will show the power consumption from that level.

It comes as Samsung customers were warned last month they would lose all wallet features.

The Korean company began alerting millions Galaxy users their handsets will no longer support Samsung Wallet.

Last year, Samsung Pay and Samsung Pass merged into one single app called Samsung Wallet, which is identical to the Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.

It lets people attach digital versions of their bank cards to their phone for tap payments on-the-go.

Virtual wallets have become a staple to people’s lives across the UK and the US, where nearly every store and transport system accepts tap payments.

Samsung Wallet also allows people to add their loyalty/membership cards, bus/flight/train tickets, gift cards, digital keys, and government-approved IDs.

However, the key feature will soon stop working on Galaxy phones running Android 9.0 or earlier from March 15 2024.

The shut-off will begin in Canada, although it is quietly expected to soon make its way to Samsung users in the US and the UK.