Update: a second run of
the looped video test yielded nine hours and two minutes.
In
our looped video test, which involves playing a 720p MP4 file at mid-level brightess, the Fire HD 6 lasts for 10 hours 25 minutes.
Using a closed -
loop video test, HP pushed 12.75 hours of battery.
It's worth noting that the new Pro's real - world battery life is nowhere near Microsoft's claim of 13.5 hours, but that's based on
a looping video test that doesn't reflect how anyone actually uses their computers.
Not exact matches
Tinder has begun
testing a profile
video feature called «Tinder
Loops» with iOS users in Sweden and Canada.
I averaged around 8.5 to 9 hours on a
video loop test, and more while just using it to poke around on Twitter and Facebook and browse the web.
If you do nothing but stream
video, as we did on our
loop test, you will get around 5 hours.
The Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 had the longest run in this
test group, playing our 720p
test video on a
loop for a whopping 15 hours and 46 minutes.
In our battery
test, a continuous
looping video with Wi - Fi on and screen brightness at 100 percent, the Springboard lasted 5 hours, 16 minutes.
In our battery rundown
test, which
loops a
video with screen brightness set to max and Wi - Fi on, the MeMO Pad 7 lasted for 6 hours, 49 minutes.
After
testing the tablet by
looping a local 720p
video in Airplane Mode at medium brightness, the Yoga Tab 3 averaged 13.8 hours of battery life.
In extreme
testing running a
video on
loop it manages around the 8 - hour mark.
As
tested by Engadget, both handsets achieve around 9 hours of battery life when
looping a
video at 65 % brightness, which translates to a full day of moderate use to the average consumer.
In our battery rundown
test, which
loops a
video with screen brightness set to max and Wi - Fi on, the Tab 4 7.0's 4,000 mAh battery was good for 5 hours, 23 minutes.
We
test battery life by running a 720p
video of «Big Buck Bunny» on a
loop until the tablet conks out.
In our battery rundown
test, which
loops a
video with Wi - Fi on and screen brightness set to max, the A10 lasted for 5 hours, 35 minutes.
In our
test, which
loops a
video with the screen set to maximum brightness, and Wi - Fi switched on, the Tab 2 (10.1) lasted 6 hours, 17 minutes.
In our battery
test, which
loops a
video on max brightness with Wi - Fi on, the Thrive 7 lasted just 3 hours, 50 minutes.
Our battery
tests involved leaving the Wi - Fi on and playing
video on a nonstop
loop; we got 7 hours and 10 minutes of battery life.
A slide projection holds still an image of a tarnished terrain, while a
video loops the action of sweeping away the residue of a chemical weapons
test.
On Wednesday, the popular dating app will begin
testing its first
video - based feature, Tinder
Loops, with iOS users in Canada and Sweden.
In our
test, which consists of
looping an HD
video at 50 percent screen brightness, the Tab S2 lasted around seven and a half hours — a steep drop from 12.5 hours on the previous model.
In our usual
video stress
test, where the phones
loop an HD movie at 50 percent brightness, the 8 managed to stick around for 12 hours and two minutes — that's just minutes shy of what the 7 did last year.
Now, Tinder is currently
testing a two - second
looping video feature for profiles that's similar to Boomerang and Facebook's own profile
videos.
Tinder
Loops is the dating app's first
video - based feature, and it's currently being
tested for iOS users in Canada and Sweden.
«We observed inexplicable dramatic and sustained drops in energy use in TVs from certain manufacturers, beginning within the first minute of the
video test loop used in the DOE
test method for new TV models,» states the report.
Under the duress of our more formal battery rundown
test, which entails
looping a
video off local storage with the screen brightness fixed at 50 percent, the Note 10.1 held out for a solid eight hours.
Oddly, it fell behind in our
video looping test, which is unusual for the latest class of machines.
In our
looped video battery run - down
test, the phone lasted somewhere between 8.5 hours and 9.5 hours.
The Spectre 13 was able to last for a half hour longer when
looping our
test video.
In terms of
looping our local
test video, though, the ZenBook Flip 14 barely managed to exceed 10 hours, well short of the Yoga and Spectre that both exceeded 14 hours.
We recorded eight hours and 55 minutes in our
video loop rundown
test with the screen set to 50 percent brightness — most folks will have little trouble getting a full day's use from the 1,800 mAh cell.
The real problem was in our
video looping test, where we play a 1080p
video on
loop until the battery dies.
Equipped with a 70 watt - hour battery, it lasted just a few minutes short of 14 hours in our
video loop test.
As for battery life, it was almost exactly the same as the Carbon, lasting 15 and a half hours in our
video -
looping test.
However, the XPS 13 didn't take the lead in our web browsing and
video loop tests.
Spotify is
testing a new feature for artists to upload
video loops as their song artwork.
Spotify is
testing a new feature that replaces static artwork for songs on its service with GIF - like
looping videos uploaded by their artists or labels.
To
test how long its battery would hold out, I loaded a 4K
video file onto the Swift and
looped it using the built - in Windows media player, with screen brightness at about 262 nits and the volume up halfway.
It lasted an average of 24 hours after five
looping video drain
tests, in airplane mode with the brightness set to 50 percent.
In our
testing, we saw around 13 and a half hours of battery life in our
video loop test, which has an advantage over the MacBook Pro.
Of course, a
video loop test is not real world use, which is tougher to measure, especially if you're using the dedicated GPU.
(We're still conducting our
looping video battery rundown
test, and will update here when we have full results.)
On our
video loop test, which is a little more forgiving, the Alienware 15 R3 kept at it for four and a half hours, before succumbing to a peaceful, if premature, slumber.
In our 720p
video loop test (brightness 60 percent), it lasted for six and a half hour.
I'm going to break the mold from traditional reviews that run
video loop tests to score battery performance.
That
test, when set to accelerated, uses the CPU and GPU to continuously run
looping tasks like photo editing,
video chat, web browsing, and more, until the battery hits 20 percent.
The
video loop test is typically the most forgiving benchmark we run, and on that
test the Aspire VX 15 managed an impressive nine hours.
Finally, we ran our
video loop test, which repeats a movie trailer playing from storage.
With brightness set to «Medium», it lasted for 6 hours and 40 minutes in out
video loop test.