Bluetooth Battery Monitor Revision History

Bug Fix:

• The "Purchase License..." menu item may not work in some cases.

New Device Support:

• Steelseries Arctis Nova 7 (USB dongle-based, VID:1038, PID:2202)

Bug Fix:

• Battery information for Bluetooth LE devices may not be updated correctly.
• Some dialogs may not fit on screen.

New Device Support:

• Plantronics BT600 and Poly BT700 USB dongles (VID:047F, PID:02EE/02E6)
• HyperX Cloud Flight Wireless (new version) (USB dongle-based, VID:0951, PID:1723)
• Corsair wireless devices supported by iCUE application

Note:

• You need the Corsair iCUE application (version 4.31 or later) installed on your PC.
• Some of the Corsair devices have been supported with direct device access. If you have such devices, you may see duplicate entries for them. If this happens, please manually hide one of them.

New Device Support:

• Jabra Headsets (USB dongle-based)

New Device Support:

• Logitech Bolt receiver

New Device Support:

• HyperX Cloud II (USB dongle-based, VID:0951, PID:1718)
• Razer Nari Essential (USB dongle-based, VID:1532, PID:051E)
• Steelseries Rival 3 (USB dongle-based, VID:1038, PID:1830)
• Steelseries Arctis 1 (USB dongle-based, VID:1038, PID:12B3)

Bug Fixes:

• Mouse cursor jumps after clicking on the system tray icon.

New Device Support:

• Selected Corsair wireless gaming (USB dongle-based) mice/keyboards/headsets.
• HyperX Cloud Flight Wireless (USB dongle-based, VID:0951, PID:16C4)
• HyperX Cloud Stinger Wireless (USB dongle-based, VID:0951, PID:16DA)

Bug Fixes:

• App's window may be drawn below Windows' system tray icon overflow windows.
• App may hang at exit if HTTP/JSON API is used.

New Device Support:

• Selected Razer wireless (USB dongle-based) mice/keyboards

Bug Fixes:

• You may see a false-positive "Cannot update without HFP (voice) connection" warning on new laptops.
• Left/Right/Case battery levels may not be shown for Galaxy Buds series devices with new firmware.

New Device Support:

• Wacom Intuos BT S/M and Intuos Pro S/M/L

Improvement:

• Workaround for keyboard/mouse that reports 39% on a full charge.

Bug Fix:

• System tray icon may not be properly shown on dark background.

Bug Fix:

• Left/Right/Case battery levels may not be properly shown for some Samsung Galaxy Buds models.

Improvement:

• Better DPI scaling and dark/light theme support.

New Device Support:

• Sony WF-1000XM3 (with Left/Right/Case display)
• Apple Magic Keyboards (2021 models)
• Samsung Galaxy Buds series (with Left/Right/Case display)

Bug Fixes:

• Battery level is not shown for Sony WH-1000XM4.

New Device Support:

• Logitech MX Anywhere 3 (and new Logitech devices)
• HUAWEI FreeBuds 4

Improvements:

• Fine-grain (1% or 5%, depending on the device's capability) and TWS (Right/Left/Case) battery information support for the following devices.
• Apple AirPods
• Google PixelBuds
• OnePlus Buds

Bug Fixes:

• Sony DualSense controller's battery level is not shown correctly when the controller is connected through USB.

Bug Fixes:

• Huawei FreeBuds 3 and FreeBuds Pro's battery information is not updated.
• "Disconnect this device" command in the device context menu may not completely disconnect the device.

New Features:

• Left/Right/Case battery level display for selected Huawei earbuds.

Bug Fixes:

• Window may be shown at the wrong position after DPI change.

New Features:

• Sony DualSense game controller support.
• Low battery alarm sound.

Improvements:

• Implemented workaround for "broken HID firmware" (such as Keychron).

Improvements:

• Logitech G Hub version 2021.1 support.
• Adjusted window position when the "Automatically hide the taskbar" option is enabled.

New Features:

• Logitech gaming headset support. (Requires LGHub installation)

New Features:

• AirPods Max support
• Xbox Wireless Controller (Model 1914) support.

Bug Fixes:

• Feedback submission may fail with a network error.

New Feature:

• Italian support

Improvements:

• Simplified device show/hide control.
• More flexibility to choose which device's battery level is shown in the system tray icon.

Bug Fix:

• Slightly higher CPU utilization (up to 1%) when the program is idle.

New Feature:

• Added HTTP/JSON API so that third-party software can read battery level information. See the documentation for the details.

Improvements:

• Shows the "freshness" of AirPods data. See FAQ for the details.
• Shows each pods and case battery levels of selected Xiaomi TWS earbuds.
• 1% increment battery level display for selected Beats headphones.

Bug Fixes:

• Some Logitech devices may not be recognized.

Bug Fixes:

• Audio playback to A2DP devices may be interrupted for a couple of seconds every five minutes.
• Computer's automatic sleep timer may not work if Logitech Gaming mouse is installed with G HUB software.

Bug Fixes:

• Computer's automatic sleep timer may not work.
• Logitech Unifying device's name may not be shown correctly.
• Logitech Unifying device's battery level may not be updated when multiple devices are paired to one Unifying adapter.

Improvements:

• Add Logitech Gaming device support.
• Add workaround for audio devices with broken AT+BIEV support.
• Now you open Windows 10 Bluetooth control panel with right-click on the Bluetooth Battery Monitor's tray icon (and hide the Windows 10 Bluetooth task ray icon).
• Improved accessibility (better Windows Narrator support).

Bug Fix:

• “Connect/Disconnect” operation did not work for AirPods.

Bug Fixes:

• Battery information may not be updated for some headphones.
• Minor user interface fixes.

Important Note: Starting this release, the minimum OS requirement will be Windows 10 version 1709 (build 16299). If you are using an older OS, please use Version 1.x.

New Features:

• User can rearrange the devices in the main window with drag & drop.
• User can exclude devices from affecting tray icon color/overlay calculation.

This feature comes in handy when you have multiple devices with different battery life.
To exclude a device from icon color/overlay calculation, please right click on the device and enable “Exclude this device from tray icon/overlay calculation”.

• Added an option to synchronize color scheme (light/dark mode) with the system setting.

Improvement:

• Better high DPI display support.

Bug Fix:

• Software stops updating battery information after Windows Upgrade.

New Features:

• Spanish support.
• Xbox Wireless Adapter (USB dongle) support.
• Multi Xbox Wireless Adapter/Controller support. (Requires Windows 10 1709/16299 or later)

Bug Fix:

• Inconsistent battery information may be reported for Plantronics devices.

New Feature:

• Show right, left, and case battery level for AirPods.

Bug Fix:

• Windows may crash (BSOD) when particular headphones are connected. (Version 2.3.1 bug)

New Features:

• Added German support.
• Added tray icon overlay to always show the battery level. (See "Overlay battery level number" option in the "Settings" window)
• Added context menu items to connect/disconnect audio devices for convenience.
• Added support for selected JBL wireless speakers (experimental).

Improvements:

• Better compatibility with some TWS buds.
• Reduced memory usage.

New Features:

• Add support for new headphones/headsets (including many TWS buds).
• Settings window is now scrollable (in case the window does not fit in the screen).

Bug Fixes:

• Plantronics headphones' battery level may be wrongly shown as 0%.
• Program may crash while Bluetooth radio is off.

New Features:

• Add Samsung Level U support.

New Features:

• Added Chinese (Simplified), Japanese and Russian support.
• Improved compatibility with some true wireless earbuds.

Important Changes:

• 32bit Windows and Windows versions older than Windows 10 1607 (build 14393) are not supported anymore. If you are using those Windows versions, please use Bluetooth Battery Monitor version 1.17.1.