Wireless device batteries shown as tiles on the Windows taskbar
The maker built Battery-Monitoring with Claude's help, a Windows utility that puts battery tiles for wireless mice, keyboards and headsets on the taskbar instead of separate manufacturer apps.
Credits
- Reddit poster Diabeetus94 Source ↗
- Repository account Diabeetus94 Source ↗
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Battery-Monitoring (Akku-Anzeige) shows the battery levels of wireless mice, keyboards, headsets and controllers as small tiles directly on the Windows taskbar, instead of in separate manufacturer apps or the notification area. Each monitor can have its own devices, order and size, and tiles change colour with the level and turn blue while charging.
The maker built it with Claude's help, and the README credits Claude.ai. It reads from Logitech G HUB and HID++, Windows Bluetooth, some HyperX devices, the DualSense and AirPods and Beats, hides itself during fullscreen games, and can sound its own low-battery alarm.
It is an alpha (1.3.3). The makers have mainly tested Logitech devices and Bluetooth headphones, so other brands are partly untested.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: I built a Windows battery monitor that shows wireless devices directly on the taskbarReddit poster: Diabeetus94Posted
The maker's post in r/SideProject introducing the utility.
- The code: github.comRepository account: Diabeetus94
The project's repository and download, with the list of supported data sources.