A Flagship with no bluetooth battery status?

greystealth · May 8, 2017

For those of you wondering, there's no way to tell how much battery you have left on your bluetooth headphones with the Galaxy s8. There are a few apps in the app store that "try" to display this information but they're either unreliable or inaccurate. C'mon Samsung!!

ssgunner20 · May 8, 2017

Hmmm, ive thought about this also. My ipad mini displays battery life of my jbl speaker i have. Wish my phone did too. Havent tried the BT headphones yet though.

Deleted member 2496007 · May 8, 2017

Are you sure it is down to just the phone? I have a battery meter show up on connection to one Bluetooth Speaker (Anker Classic) but nothing on a different one (JAM heavy Metal).

skinnytoo2 · May 10, 2017

I've never had it on my Samsungs. It is sad

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jpbl1976 · May 10, 2017

Isn't this more of an Android issue? I remember this being discussed on Reddit before. There's no API (or something) that makes it easy to port the battery information from devices without a dedicated app. Granted, Sammy does introduce a lot of its own software but my suspicion is that if they did do this, they'd limit it to their own devices and brands they own.

This is one area where iOS is superior.

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mlock420 · May 10, 2017

I get a your battery level low from my Bluetooth headphones and I'm good to go...but I do understand makes no sense why this hasn't been implemented....but easy to forget

http:// · May 10, 2017

It does show battery percentage... through Samsung Connect.

jackdforme · May 10, 2017

http:// said:
It does show battery percentage... through Samsung Connect.

Incorrect. Samsung bt devices do because they have a custom api. Only since nougat does Android itself have a std battery api.

It's not adopted because Google slept while Apple standardized. Haye the fruit but it's Wgat they do well.

It will be years before we see many devices with the API inbuilt.

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bonerp · May 10, 2017

My Sennheisers show battery status in Captune. Assume it is app related?

jackdforme · May 11, 2017

bonerp said:
My Sennheisers show battery status in Captune. Assume it is app related?

Yes. The hardware api to the software. My bang and olefsun show in the beoplay app

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stefan063 · May 11, 2017

greystealth said:
For those of you wondering, there's no way to tell how much battery you have left on your bluetooth headphones with the Galaxy s8. There are a few apps in the app store that "try" to display this information but they're either unreliable or inaccurate. C'mon Samsung!!

If you use as I use Samsung Level U headphones you CAN see battery status. Samsung even has app for Level U headphones.

biffwitch · May 11, 2017

Can't say I have ever had a use for something like this. Most bluetooth headphones i've had lasted an age and I charged them at set intervals. No battery level status required.
The iphone generation has a lot to answer for. Apple has convinced everyone they need things like apps to tell them how to live, readouts to tell them how much battery their peripherals have, apps to teach you how to sleep now it seems too.

xeathpk · May 11, 2017

Thank you biffwitch. Can't believe this is even a legitimate issue.
Just give your BT peripherals a quick charge at regular intervals and use your best judgement to guesstimate the total charge if you have to. Why in the world do you need absolute pinpoint accuracy battery level info for a set of BT headphones? Most BT headphones have a battery level indicator on them as it is.

Good god... At the very least don't act as if this 'feature' is a MUST HAVE for a flagship phone. If anyone cared, it likely would have been implemented.

subyfan · May 11, 2017

My headphones show battery status in notification bar?

greystealth · May 12, 2017

subyfan said:
My headphones show battery status in notification bar?

What type of headphones do you have?

subyfan · May 12, 2017

greystealth said:
What type of headphones do you have?

Jaybird X2.

Jow24 · May 13, 2017

I have powerbeats 2 and it doesnt show

mlock420 · May 15, 2017

Lol....battery level low is what I hear on any of my Bluetooth headphones and that is enough....

realtrempskii · May 15, 2017

Yup, I'm missing that too. My friends' Huawei Mate 8 supports showing the battery of bluetooth devices. On the S7 the bluetooth battery status didn't even work with a custom ROM...

ssgunner20 · May 20, 2017

I have the AKG BT and cant see battery life. Tried them on my ipad mini and shkwed i have 90% left. Lol.

They sound really good. Can easily tune out my kids. Lol, so cant use till im alone or at work.?

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