Nintendo won't compare the Switch 2's battery life to the OG Switch, but admits it's got a way bigger battery to make up for its beefier CPU

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Any battery life estimates for the original Switch, for instance, were built from playing a specific game.

That means that “the variability of battery life is even wider than it was for Nintendo Switch.

But to accommodate and adjust for that, the battery size has increased on the Nintendo Switch 2.”