Surface Pro 7 (i7, 16GB, 512GB) - Battery Life?

Anonymous
2019-11-04T13:14:39+00:00

I picked up a Surface Pro 7 on launch but I'm really struggling with the battery life, with light usage (a few office apps and a few tabs in Edge) I'm struggling to get more than 5 hours, even with Battery Saving mode on, brightness at around 20-25 and nothing running the back ground.

I've updated everything to it latest version, surely I should be seeing better battery life than this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-20T20:15:30+00:00

    I still love all the features and the performance to form factor. But I won’t buy another one based on the terrible battery life. It’s absolutely terrible. I will be buying an actual laptop.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-19T05:53:36+00:00

    I am getting 7.5 to 8 hours of battery life.  Doesn't matter if I am just watching YouTube videos, or doing work using Microsoft Office apps.  Also, my Surface Pro was not new, it was an open-box excellent condition purchase from Best Buy.  Anyway, here are some of the things I did to increase my Surface Pro 7's battery life:

    1. Made sure all background apps are always turned off.
    2. Use Microsoft Edge Canary browser (Google Chrome is a big drain on the battery).
    3. Unless I am using it, I always have the Edge Carney browser closed. 
    4. I keep screen brightness at around 50%-60%.

    5. Battery saver mode is activated as soon as the battery's charge goes below 100%.

    6. Applied some of the tips from this webpage, "Ultimate Tips to Max Out Microsoft Surface Battery Life" (https://surfacetip.com/ultimate-tips-max-surface-pro-4-battery-life/)

    1. Instilled this driver/firmware update,  SurfacePro7_Win10_17763_20.020.2886.0. msi (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=100419)
    2. Most importantly, uninstalled this driver/firmware update, SurfacePro7_Win10_18362_ 20.014.39957.0.msi, from my Surface Pro 7.  For whatever reason, removing this driver/firmware update increased my battery's life by around 2 hours. 

    Hope these things work as well for you as they did for me...

    Update 7/14/2020:  After instilling the Windows 10 2004 update my battery life has dropped to 6 hours and 30 minutes of continuous YouTube viewing (50% brightness, battery saver and Wifi on, Bluetooth off).

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  3. Barb Bowman 80,815 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2019-11-29T10:21:32+00:00

    There are many other people reporting 5-6 hours battery life.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-11-18T22:20:20+00:00

    Hi

    Thanks for the details. So far, we have a progress on your concern by Karen's suggestions as you have mentioned. We hope your issue was being fix by now already.

    Please keep us posted.

    Regards,

    Edd

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-11-04T23:24:48+00:00

    Hello ChrisMitchell9,

    Thank you for reaching out Microsoft Community. Try to follow the instructions below and test your Surface battery life.

    • Run Surface Diagnostic Toolkit. It is a self-healing tool which looks for potential issues and fixes them, as well as ensures your device is completely up to date. Or manually check Windows Updates by going to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Updates > Check for updates.
    • Uninstall and reinstall battery driver. From Device Manager, expand the Batteries category. Right click Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery, select the Driver tab, and select Uninstall > OK. Restart the device.
    • Go to Download drivers and firmware for Surface and download the .msi file. This is to make sure you got the latest Drivers and Firmware.
      • If there's not an .msi file that corresponds to the build of Windows 10 you have installed, select the .msi file that's closest to your build number.
      • To find out which version and build of Windows you're using, select Start > Settings  > System  > About , then look under Windows Specifications to find your operating system version and OS build number.

    Please keep us posted.

    Regards,                                                                                                                 

    KarenJune_F

    Thanks I'll give those a go - its disappointing to see the battery going down by 1% every couple of minutes when the machine is practically idle

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