Why does a laptop say it’s at 6-8% charge, and then it dies, but when it’s at a higher charge, going from 60% to 59% takes a while?

Question

Why does a laptop say it’s at 6-8% charge, and then it dies, but when it’s at a higher charge, going from 60% to 59% takes a while?

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Answer 1

It depends on your settings. Laptops automatically shutdown or hibernate with a certain battery level.
I have mine set to 5% but you can change it to whatever setting you want