Sony’s new PS5 DualSense controller might have way more battery life

It mightiness not look overmuch antithetic connected the outside, but the newest mentation of the PS5’s DualSense controller could diagnostic a large betterment successful artillery life. Polish modder Modyfikator89 shared in a station connected X that the caller DualSense V2 variant, exemplary fig CFI-ZCT2W, lasted for much than 15 hours of continuous play successful a artillery beingness test. 

Modyfikator89 added that the “longer playtime [was] achieved by removing components (e.g., secondary mic) and optimizing the electronics.” YouTuber Austin Evans also noticed the missing rear mic in a teardown video posted successful October, on with a caller integrative enactment astir the artillery nether the controller’s ammunition and a antithetic artillery connector. 

For comparison, the erstwhile DualSense controller typically lasts astir 10 hours per charge. The DualSense Edge has adjacent little artillery life, astir 5 to six hours. The 15 hours of artillery beingness connected the caller mentation of the DualSense is capable for you to implicit the full single-player run successful Astro Bot without having to plug successful your controller. 

The revised mentation of the DualSense is popping up bundled with precocious revised PS5 Pro and PS5 Slim consoles, which person tweaks similar slightly smaller interior storage and a little weight for the PS5 Slim. It volition besides beryllium disposable for acquisition arsenic a standalone controller — for instance, the upcoming Genshin Impact constricted edition volition apt beryllium the caller model, but conscionable cheque the backmost of the container to marque definite you’re getting the updated version.