New feature of Samsung Galaxy S23: allows the charger to bypass the battery and directly power the phone

CTOnews.com, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) Samsung Galaxy S23 series also offers a new feature for gamers that allows chargers to bypass the battery and power the phone directly.

Malaysia YouTube channel NL Tech found in the evaluation of the Galaxy S23 model that the system setting allows users to "Pause USB Power Delivery" (suspend USB power) option.

This setting can be found in Samsung's "Game Booster" menu, with instructions attached to CTOnews.com as follows:

To prevent the phone from getting hot, connect a charger that supports USB Power Delivery and suspend charging after the battery exceeds 20%.

The function of this function is to allow the connected charger to bypass the battery and allow the Galaxy S23 to be powered directly by the charger. By eliminating the battery to reduce heat, but also improve the efficiency of the charger.

As shown in the video, enabling this setting reduces the power consumption of the game from 17W to only 6W. Obviously, this feature applies to all USB PD chargers.