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It’s battery cycle season, I guess.

Apple is adding battery cycle counts to the iPhone 15 series, and now Android expert Mishaal Rahman reports that Android 14’s QPR1 (Quarterly Platform Release) beta adds a cycle count to Android’s settings. You should scan through his whole thread of interesting updates that are in the beta, including a new “repair mode” feature.

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