Battery Life

No one likes being taken by surprise when their laptop’s battery is about to run out, which is why it is a good idea to take advantage of all the notification methods at your disposal.

Battery Life is a small, open-source program that helps you keep a close eye on your laptop’s power level and triggers visual and audio notifications when it gets too low. It is very unobtrusive and offers a number of customization options.

The application does not need to be installed before use, and it will be minimized to the system tray automatically upon launch. As long as your laptop’s power doesn’t get too low, it will not get in your way.

A useful feature offered by Battery Life is the fact that it displays both the battery percentage and amount of time left until it is going to run out, which is something not all systems show.

Battery Life can alert you through a message box and by triggering a system beep. Either one of these notification modes can be disabled, and you can also specify at what battery percentage they should be shown.

When your battery’s power level drops below the user-specified value, you will be alerted using the methods you have selected. You can even test the notification from the system tray menu to ensure everything works as expected.

On the whole, this is a great utility for users who are looking for a better way to keep track of their laptop’s battery level and ensure they are not caught off guard when power is about to run out. The program is very easy to configure, as it doesn’t even need to be installed, and it runs quietly in the system tray.