Performance & battery · Battery, power and Low Power Mode
What does Storage Studio do when my battery is low?
Short answer: On a low battery Storage Studio's Automatic setting drops to Light, slows background work right down, and holds heavier jobs until you plug in. Smart Quiet Hours can also pause automatic actions below a battery level you choose.
It saves power. When you're on battery and the charge falls low, the Automatic setting drops to Light ("Low battery — saving power"), its background work slows right down, and the heavier background jobs hold off until you're plugged in.
Separately, if your Quiet Hours are set to Smart, automatic actions such as scheduled tidy-ups wait while the battery is below the threshold you set under Pause when battery drops below. That threshold only applies on battery — on mains power it's ignored.
Plug in and everything resumes on its own. See Quiet Hours in Settings.