Holy shit, thank you. I've been occasionally toggling the wi-fi on and off to fix it, basically dropping the connection!
Steam Deck
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Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
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Wow, this is one of the reasons I went for the new deck, the wifi and Bluetooth were not great
I've had this disabled for months but I still have frequent wifi connectivity issues
Do you notice a decrease in battery life?
I've had it turned off for awhile now, and I haven't noticed any battery difference. I didn't do benchmarks or anything though.
That's good to know. It probably has only a small effect, maybe only 1-2% over the course of an entire battery cycle.
So I’ve done a small amount of testing this morning and had the same drop in battery over the same amount of time with it on vs with it off. I’d say you’re probably right that it’s only a few percent!
That's awesome and it makes it sense. I didn't imagine it to be very much but I also understand how Valve would want to take advantage of every energy saving feature by default.
Good question! I assume there’s some trade-off but I haven’t properly tested it yet since I was just excited to see it working properly. I can try running some experiments tomorrow.
I totally understand about being excited to see it working properly. No pressure but any testing would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.