Battery Life

There is practiced news, though. While performance is limited, battery life is fantabulous from this tablet whether yous're using native ARM apps or emulated x86 apps. The bombardment capacity is only 41 Wh, which is mid-range for a tablet of this size, but the efficiency of the Snapdragon 835 allows it to beat almost every device in our battery tests.

In our web browsing test, the Envy x2 dominates most other devices with outstanding bombardment life, even while using Chrome. Switch to Edge, which is a more sensible option every bit it runs natively, and the Envy x2 pulls even further ahead than other devices running Chrome natively. Either way you look at it, that'south a great upshot for this device.

Video playback is another strong area for the Envy x2, though other devices are a flake more than competitive here as 1080p playback these days is a fleck limited by the efficiency of the display. Still, getting 14 and a one-half hours of playback at quite a loftier level of brightness is very good; refuse the brightness and y'all should be able to hit HP'south stated 19 60 minutes effigy.

I also tested PCMark battery life, which once more is excellent though naturally near other devices in this chart perform a lot better in terms of CPU performance. The Snapdragon 835 does eat less power, but it'south besides a fair fleck slower in the procedure.

Windows on ARM devices exercise take a few other bombardment-related advantages. Standby battery life is splendid, with very little battery drain while in sleep mode, and wake times are near instant. Windows Hello functioning is as well much quicker than Intel laptops I've tested, which surprised me. You'll besides get reasonably fast charging with the Green-eyed x2.