Android will finally tell you the battery level of Bluetooth devices

01 August 2017
While this isn’t new for some manufacturer skins or third-party ROMs, the feature will finally be baked into AOSP Android.

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  • 03 Aug 2017

AnonD-666227, 02 Aug 2017Its Samsung Galaxy S8+Thx

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    • Anonymous
    • Lfq
    • 02 Aug 2017

    There is an app called " BatOn " in which can read the battery level of the bluetooth connected devices.
    But sadly it doesn't work all the time on Android, at least it is free and deserve a try

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      • AnonD-666227
      • x8F
      • 02 Aug 2017

      Angry bird, 01 Aug 2017What is this phone on the picture?Its Samsung Galaxy S8+

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        • AnonD-430772
        • gMx
        • 02 Aug 2017

        Xiaomi MIUI had this feature way before lolzz

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          • Angry bird
          • pqm
          • 01 Aug 2017

          What is this phone on the picture?

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            • AnonD-147910
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            • 01 Aug 2017

            techguy, 01 Aug 2017Apple will copy and called it their own .... iStoleOS ..... My iphone 5s has had it for years I think my sony used to have it too.

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              • fCR
              • 01 Aug 2017

              Lg g2 android 5.0.2
              I also have this software

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                • AnonD-101083
                • nIx
                • 01 Aug 2017

                Yes, but without that lagg

                  AnonD-632062, 01 Aug 2017"iPhone 6-"! Haha, I see what you did there.Haha probable.

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                    • AnonD-24741
                    • mY{
                    • 01 Aug 2017

                    "Samsung's software is bloated!"
                    ...three years later...
                    "Yay, we can finally do what they've been doing on Samsung phones for years!"

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                      • 3sd
                      • 01 Aug 2017

                      I have Huawei P8 Lite 2015 and it shows me Bluetooth battery life of device...it's funny when some company diside do it now.... Huawei U are the best phone old but still works like new one plus camera better than Samsung J3 J5 J7 ......

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                        • gCq
                        • 01 Aug 2017

                        I want it so bad! I can't stand when my Sony h.ear ons say that the battery is fully discharged without announcing before.

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                          • 01 Aug 2017

                          Anonymous, 01 Aug 2017I have had it since march on my zuk z2, its like a line nex... moreReally? I have a Z2 as well and I did not know this.

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                            • 01 Aug 2017

                            AnonD-632062, 01 Aug 2017"iPhone 6-"! Haha, I see what you did there.Well though I hate aPples horrible Ios, I always use the "-" notation to clearly distinguish the less huge from its even huger siblings with a "+", so in this there was no hatred included.

                            Similarly I called my old Sony Ericsson "Neo Pro" rather than just "Pro", as it is just a "Neo" with a keyboard. (And SE used Pro as a suffix on several models with keyboards earlier)

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                              • 01 Aug 2017

                              mdurgeshtela, 01 Aug 2017it's already in LG G4 using with my Jabra StormI also have it in my lg g6 and with all three of my wireless earphones

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                                • 01 Aug 2017

                                Eske Rahn, 01 Aug 2017Hopefully it will be used with some kind of background poll... more"iPhone 6-"! Haha, I see what you did there.

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                                  • Eske Rahn
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                                  • 01 Aug 2017

                                  Hopefully it will be used with some kind of background polling, so you could get a notification at a user selectable level, so you know when the BT-device needs to be charged.

                                  I used a keyboard case on my (horrible) Iphone 6- , and the battery lasted for several weeks, so it was very easy to forget to charge it... So I ended making it a habit to charge it (almost) every time I charged the phablet.

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                                    • Pohui
                                    • HLw
                                    • 01 Aug 2017

                                    Huawei did it years ago

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • nEw
                                      • 01 Aug 2017

                                      is "getBatteryLevel()" a void method? :D

                                        You gotta kiddin me ? Right now xiaomi devices can show bluetooth devices battery level .
                                        So don't say finally