Low battery life

[flolp]

Hello,

I bought my "Surface 3" one week ago.
I noticed that the battery life while watching a movie is 2 hours, 2 hours 30 minutes max.

Is this normal?

 

[leeshor]

Welcome to the forum

Normal is a broad question but that is well below what it probably could/should be. What type of movie and how were you watching it,streaming, on SD card, internal memory, format? A lot may depend on your update status and what else is going on while you're watching it.

 

[flolp]

Thanks for your answer.

It was an average quality film in format .avi

And there was nothing else open.

 

[leeshor]

My guess is that you may have some other background apps running at the same time. You didn't answer some of the most important parts of my question.

 

[flolp]

There was nothing else open simultaneously.

 

[leeshor]

Please read my first post again and fill in the blanks.

 

[flolp]

The film is in my internal memory.

And there are no updates in the background.

 

[leeshor]

The film is in my internal memory.

And there are no updates in the background.

Now we're getting somewhere. What app are you using to play it? I assume you have the WiFi only version of the Surface 3. I also assume you have downloaded all the current firmware updates.

One big final question. If you aren't watching a movie how much battery life do you get?

 

[stammie]

I'd also ask what brightness setting were you using as well as what app did you use to play the movie.
I get around 4.5-5 hours with 65% brightness playing 720P streams via Kodi on my Surface 3 so an average avi stored internally should yield far more than you are getting

 

[jnjroach]

Using apps like VLC Desktop for mkv files will drain batteries faster than using Modern Apps

 

[flolp]

I have the "surface 3 wifi"

I use windows application "Film and TV" to watch my films.

Brightness 100% with automatic variation.

In normal use the battery takes 2 hours 30.

I need to check if I have "windows update" to perform.

 

[leeshor]

Brightness at 100% and auto bright on, you'll need to expect shorter battery life. It takes a lot of energy to push all those pixels and even more with those settings.