If you ship a device with a High Performance power plan, such as a gaming device, consider applying the same settings that are defined on the High Performance plan to the Balanced power plan.

Users will see the power slider appear only when they apply the Balanced power plan from the Settings app, under System > Power & Sleep > Additional power settings.Īfter the user changes to a Balanced performance plan, there is no way for them to go back to using the High Performance plan from the UI, although it is possible from the cmd line (via powercfg). These users will not see the slider UX, and they can still configure their power plans in the same way they could before upgrading. If a user upgrades from a version of Windows that does not support the slider, to a version that does, there will be no change to their High Performance, Power Saver, or 'OEM Recommended' power plan. There is not an option for either users or OEMs to remove the slider UX.ĭevices that have the High Performance, Power Saver, or any 'OEM Recommended' power plans will not be disturbed during the Windows upgrade process. The slider will appear on a device only when the Balanced power plan, or any plan that is derived from Balanced, is selected. It is not available on devices with Arm64 processors. The Windows power slider is available for AMD and Intel platforms running Windows 10, build 1709 and newer builds of Windows. The screenshot above shows the slider is in the Better Performance slider mode, which is the out-of-box Windows default. Customers can choose to prioritize the remaining battery life on the device, or the performance of apps and services running on the device. The slider appears in the battery flyout.Ĭustomers can choose their power mode by moving the slider to the left and right. You are able to customize the default slider mode for both AC and DC, and can also configure the power settings, and PPM options, that are engaged for each slider mode.Ĭustomers can access the slider on their Windows device by clicking or tapping the battery icon in the task bar. As a customer switches between the four slider modes to trade performance for battery life (or vice versa), Windows power settings are engaged behind the scenes.

The Windows performance power slider enables end customers to quickly and intelligently trade performance of their system for longer battery life.

Quick cpu performance slider