So my MacBook is now at 67 charging cycles and battery health is already 98%, I always keep my charge between 20 to 80, and I don't know why my battery is degrading so fast, any suggestions why this is happening?
Also, my apple care is available until next year July, so can i replace my battery whenever I want using apple care before it expires?
That is a very normal reading. Nothing is wrong or degrading fast. Apple will tell you that if they examine that battery.
As batteries are used, the health value starts to drop. Apple's standard for battery performance is that a battery should retain 80 percent health "up to" 1000 cycles—note the "wiggle words." If a battery under warrant falls under 80 percent at less than 1000 cycles, Apple MAY opt to replace it. However, 98 percent is a long way from 80.
My older MacBook Pro had 97 percent health at 24 cycles yet only now—after 8-1/2 years of hard service—has dropped below 80 percent health, by only 0.4 points.
Alsop remember the base number ( "design capacity") used to calculate health is an average of that battery model, not the specific value yours had when new. The vagaries of making these batteries mean that battery design capacity varies slightly from one battery to the next over a limited range, The range is narrow enough to not affect long-term performance but wide enough to make a difference of a couple of percentage points a moot point.
The battery in my old MBP was supposd to have a design capacity of 5770mAh. Mine arrive at 5799, so showed 101% health when new. Please do not obsess over an inexact value.
You can certainly have Apple evaluate but I believe they are going to tell you all is well.
So if get my battery lower than 90% I can simply go and get it replaced right?
I doubt it. And remember this is a community of end users like you, not Apple employees. Nothing here is an "official" Apple response to a particular set of circumstances. Apple has the make the call, not us.
That is a very normal reading. Nothing is wrong or degrading fast. Apple will tell you that if they examine that battery.
As batteries are used, the health value starts to drop. Apple's standard for battery performance is that a battery should retain 80 percent health "up to" 1000 cycles—note the "wiggle words." If a battery under warrant falls under 80 percent at less than 1000 cycles, Apple MAY opt to replace it. However, 98 percent is a long way from 80.
My older MacBook Pro had 97 percent health at 24 cycles yet only now—after 8-1/2 years of hard service—has dropped below 80 percent health, by only 0.4 points.
Alsop remember the base number ( "design capacity") used to calculate health is an average of that battery model, not the specific value yours had when new. The vagaries of making these batteries mean that battery design capacity varies slightly from one battery to the next over a limited range, The range is narrow enough to not affect long-term performance but wide enough to make a difference of a couple of percentage points a moot point.
The battery in my old MBP was supposd to have a design capacity of 5770mAh. Mine arrive at 5799, so showed 101% health when new. Please do not obsess over an inexact value.
You can certainly have Apple evaluate but I believe they are going to tell you all is well.
So if get my battery lower than 90% I can simply go and get it replaced right?
I doubt it. And remember this is a community of end users like you, not Apple employees. Nothing here is an "official" Apple response to a particular set of circumstances. Apple has the make the call, not us.
You should be able to. When I had to replace my battery on my MacBook Air last year, my apple care was able to cover it no problem.
So if get my battery lower than 90% I can simply go and get it replaced right?
MacBook Pro 2020 Battery
