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Is it safe to charge your phone overnight?

Sydney, Sep 29 (Conversation) Its bedtime. You set your alarm, notice your phone is down to 23% battery, plug it in beside the bed and go to sleep. By the morning, its been connected to the charger for some seven to eight hours much longer than it needed to reach 100%, especially if its on a fast charger. You may have a vague recollection this could be bad for your phones battery. The chemistry that makes lithium-ion batteries rechargeable has a limited shelf life, and its shortened by repeated chargedischarge cycles. In the past, the advice has been simple:

29 Sep 2026 9:39 am