Bluetooth Battery Monitor Revision History

New Device Support:

• Jabra Headsets (USB dongle-based)

New Device Support:

• Logitech Bolt receiver

New Device Support:

• HyperX Cloud II (USB dongle-based) (Original "Kingston version" only. "HP version" is not supported yet)
• Razer Nari Essential (USB dongle-based)
• Steelseries Rival3, Arctis 1 (USB dongle-based)

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.
• Selected HyperX wireless (USB dongle-based) headsets.
  Known to work with Cloud Flight Wireless and Cloud Stinger Wireless.
  But, this version is known not to work with Cloud II Wireless.

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.