Windows 11 and Windows 10 allow you to check the Bluetooth battery level of devices. Often, the peripherals or accessories we use for our Windows 11/10 devices are connected to it via Bluetooth technology. It’s a high-speed, low-power wireless technology designed to link phones, computers, and other network devices over a short distance, without wires.
Find Bluetooth Battery level on Windows 11/10 PC
Monitoring the battery level of a Bluetooth-enabled device is not easy as most of these devices do not support Bluetooth battery monitor or battery level display. If some of them do, you have to install additional software to find it. Windows 11/10 eliminates this requirement. All you have to do is-
- Add a Bluetooth device
- Connect the Bluetooth device
1] Add a Bluetooth device
The simplest, way of getting your Bluetooth device battery to display on your Windows screen is to add a Bluetooth device. For this turn ‘on’ the Bluetooth mode of your device, go to Windows ‘Settings‘ > Devices > ‘Bluetooth & other devices’.
Once there, click the ‘+’ button adjacent to ‘Add Bluetooth or other devices‘ and choose the kind of device you would like to add.
2] Connect the Bluetooth device
When the device becomes visible under ‘Add a device‘ screen, select it and hit the ‘Done‘ button.
Once connected, go back to ‘Bluetooth and other devices screen‘ and scroll down to ‘Mouse, Keyboard and Pen section‘.
Simply move the cursor alongside the connected device to display its battery level.
You will see it in Windows 11 like this:
Please note that there are multiple ways via which you can show Bluetooth devices’ battery information. However, Windows 11/10 understands only one of them (Bluetooth Low Energy GATT Battery Service).
As such, if your device is not a Bluetooth Low Energy device (like Apple’s Magic Mice/Keyboards/Trackpads, all of the headphones/headsets/speakers, and most of the game controllers), Windows 11/10 will fail to show their battery information. Even if your device is Bluetooth Low Energy device or if it uses a different protocol to report its battery information (like the example of Mi Band 2 in the screenshot), Windows will not display its battery level.
I hope this helps!
How to check battery life on Microsoft Wireless Keyboard?
To check the battery life of a Microsoft wireless keyboard on Windows, go to Settings, then select Devices. Click on “Bluetooth & other devices” and look under “Mouse, keyboard, & pen.” You’ll find the battery percentage indicator next to your keyboard’s name, showing the current battery level.
How do I check my battery level on Windows?
To check your battery level on Windows, click on the battery icon in your system tray. If you want a detailed report, open Command Prompt as an administrator, type powercfg /batteryreport and press Enter. This command generates an HTML file with comprehensive battery information stored in a specified PC folder.
