But with the next Pixel supposedly abandoning the headphone jack, a battery indicator sure sounds useful for the many people who’ll be switching over to wireless headphones. Finally, the last section for Battery Life Estimates tries to predict the number of hours left on your battery life based on the number and level of drains so far (Figure H).

The setup seems to be flexible, allowing Google and perhaps even app developers to display more information on Bluetooth devices wherever they want.Īndroid O is already in a near-finalized state, so we’ll very likely have to wait for a later release to find out how Google plans to make the feature work. It’s not entirely clear how Google will implement this either - whether battery indicators would appear as notifications, in the status bar, or someplace else. Additionally, battery and power settings are accessible below the battery levels chart. The Power & Battery window displays the estimated battery time remaining and a chart showing battery levels over the past 24 hours. So this is a case where Google is actually playing catch-up in a small way to the companies customizing Android. To see more information about the battery, right-click the battery icon and select Power and sleep settings. XDA Developers notes that Samsung, LG, OnePlus, and more have all built custom support into their phones for showing Bluetooth devices’ battery levels. But a member of Android O’s engineering team suggested it’s in the works during a Reddit Q&A earlier this month, saying, “We’re looking at this and are happy to report that some of our hardware manufacturing partners already support this.”Īs the engineer seems to be pointing out, some Android phones already support this feature. It’s not clear how long it’ll take Google to bring this feature from Android’s open-source development into a polished feature. November 26th, 2019 Laptop batteries need to handle carefully. None of us are getting any younger, so it's pretty important to enjoy life as much as we can. Google is oddly playing catch-up here to other custom versions of Android

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