Battery Bar

Battery Bar is a small software application whose purpose is to help you monitor the status of your laptop’s battery and set up warnings. It can be installed on all Windows versions out there.

The tool places a small floating panel on your desktop which records information about how much time your laptop’s battery will run and displays the current percentage of the battery power left. You can access its configuration settings by right-clicking on the tray icon or the floating panel.

The minimalist window can be placed anywhere on the desktop using drag-and-drop actions. A help manual is included in the package so you can read more about the configuration process. A quick help window which reveals several tips is also shown in a dedicated panel.

Battery Bar offers you the possibility to check out the current status of your battery (for example, charging or not), keep the minimalist window on top of other panels, show popup messages when the status of the battery changes, and automatically run the tool at Windows startup.

What’s more, you can reset all stored battery details, set up alerts which are triggered when the battery gets below a certain percentage, as well as shut down the computer when the battery reaches a user-defined level.

The system tray icon changes its color depending on the battery status, namely blue when it’s using power, red on low battery, green when the battery is charging, and purple upon full battery. When you keep your laptop on batter power, the utility shows the exact amount of left battery life. In case you charge your laptop, you can monitor the amount of time until the battery is full.

Preset hotkeys can also be used for faster actions. Tests have pointed out that Battery Bar carries out a task pretty quickly. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer is not burdened. You may keep it running in the background.

To sum things up, Battery Bar comes packed with several handy features for helping you keep an eye on your laptop’s battery, and is suitable for rookies and professionals alike.