What's new in Battery Mode 4.3.2.204
Jul 13, 2022
- Improved the style of Windows 7 and Windows 8 icons when using a light system theme
- Updated Ukrainian localization
New in Battery Mode 4.3.1.200 (Jul 10, 2022)
- Added German localization
- Updated Korean localization
New in Battery Mode 4.3.0.192 (Feb 20, 2022)
- Updated Korean localization
- Updated Italian localization
New in Battery Mode 4.3.0.188 (Feb 14, 2022)
- Fixed Japanese localization
New in Battery Mode 4.3.0.184 (Jan 23, 2022)
- Updated Japanese localization (#47)
- Fixed Windows 10 icon
New in Battery Mode 4.3.0.182 (Jan 22, 2022)
- Added Windows 11 Light icon style (#44)
- Added an option to automaticaly select icon style based on Windows version
- Added two new options to configure icon color: "Based on charger" and "Based on charger or battery charge" (#35)
- Added a dialog to setup battery charge levels being used in "Based on battery charge" and "Based on charger" color mode
- Fixed an error when Battery Mode starts in HiDPI mode
- Battery Mode now uses ClearType font to display battery charge percentage in tray icon in HiDPI mode
- Updated colors used to display battery charge percentage in tray icon
- Added its own color for "Ultimate performance" scheme to be used to display battery charge percentage in tray icon
New in Battery Mode 4.2.0.178 (Nov 5, 2021)
- Added Windows 11 icon style #36
- It is now possible to change monitors' name that is displayed on its brightness indicator
- Added new triggers to the scheduler: "Sleep/Hibernation", "Waking up from Sleep/Hibernation" и "Battery Mode is just started"
- Battery Mode is now correctly handling power scheme change when it has occured while PC was waking up from sleep
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the user from reordering Scheduler rules
- Added its own color for "Ultimate performance" power scheme
- Added an option to adjust Power scheme indicator's transparency
- Added Chinese Simplified localization by @jerrylususu
- Added Chinese Traditional localization by @win98se
New in Battery Mode 4.1.1.166 (Feb 2, 2021)
- Added Italian localization by bovirus
- Added Korean localization by VenusGirl
New in Battery Mode 4.0.0.154 (Jan 25, 2021)
- Added a setting to display current monitor brightness in Battery Mode tray icon popup
- Added a setting to use the white icon for a balanced power scheme instead of the yellow one
- Added "File" menu to Settings window which allows you to export/import Battery Mode configuration
- Use overlay schemes to determine battery charge percent color in tray icon if classic schemes are disabled
- You can now select "Redetect monitors" as the link to be displayed at the bottom of Battery Mode window
- Improved support for classic and high contrast themes
- Fixed a bug that caused Battery Mode window to become unresponsive when clicking on tray icon while Windows 10 Start Menu or Notification Center are active
- You can now configure monitor detection delay. Adjust this setting if you encounter issues with monitors not being detected
- Battery Mode will now automatically rescan monitors after your PC wakes from sleep
- Added a setting to make Battery Mode reapply selected brightness value to given monitor after it (or you PC) wakes up from sleep. This may be useful for monitors that forget or reset their brightness settings after waking up from sleep. This may also allow you to change brightness while using sRGB profile on certain monitor models
New in Battery Mode 3.9.1.134 (Feb 26, 2020)
- Added an option to adjust monitors' brightness by scrolling over tray icon.
- You can enable this feature by selecting corresponding options on Settings -> Brightness tab.
- Added the License Agreement.
- Monitor list is now automatically refreshed after Sleep or Hibernation wakeup.
- Fixed Settings window UI issues when using Classic theme.
- The helper utility NextScheme.exe was integrated into BatteryMode.exe and removed from the distribution.
- Command-line parameters description is available on the help page of the website
New in Battery Mode 3.9.0.130 (Jan 12, 2020)
- New Power Schemes "Best performance" and "Better battery" are available to users of Windows 10 1809 or higher.
- These Schemes are Power Modes of Balanced scheme, which are available via slider on regular Windows Battery Popup
- Added an option which allows users of Windows 10 - powered mobile PCs to choose Power Scheme sets to be displayed in Battery Mode main window
- Added an option to display current battery charge instead of battery icon in system tray
- Implemented new Settings UI which makes it easier to configure Battery Mode UI and functionality
- Added an option to choose the icon to be displayed while the battery is ejected from PC
- Icon sets were adjusted to match Windows 10 Light theme
New in Battery Mode 3.8.10.124 (Sep 22, 2019)
- Added new setting to show monitor model above its brightness slider
- Added new setting to show brightness percentage near brightness slider
- Fixed "Disconnect" link in main window
New in Battery Mode 3.8.9.120 (Feb 25, 2019)
- Added new scheduler actions: Shut down, Restart, Sleep, Hibernate, Turn off screen, Turn on screen
- Improved HiDPI support
- Fixed a bug in brightness slider
New in Battery Mode 3.8.9.116 (Oct 17, 2018)
- Added Polish localization by Janko Muzykant
- Scheduler is now enabled by default
- Fixed update UI
New in Battery Mode 3.8.9.114 (Sep 5, 2018)
- Improved update mechanism
New in Battery Mode 3.8.9.112 (Jan 14, 2018)
- Added Japanese localization by a1678991
New in Battery Mode 3.8.9.110 (Dec 11, 2017)
- Fixed a bug which caused "Power saver" and "High performance" power plans to disappear on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (build 16299)
- Two new options were added to "Advanced settings" - "Icons color" menu: "Based on power scheme (inverted)" and "Based on battery charge (inverted)".
- When selected, green icon will mean "High performance" power plan or low battery charge and red color will mean "Power saver" scheme or high battery charge.
- Scheduler: added an ability to play sound file
New in Battery Mode 3.8.9.108 (May 30, 2017)
- Fixed a bug which caused brightness slider to disappear after rebooting on slow computers
New in Battery Mode 3.8.9.106 (May 22, 2017)
- Added Spanish localization
- Scheduler's text messages are now displayed in taskbar popup instead of message box
- Fixed a bug which caused brightness slider to disappear after scrolling with touchpad gesture
New in Battery Mode 3.8.8.104 (Mar 24, 2017)
- Fixed French and Hungarian localizations
- Added an option to choose interface language to "Advanced settings" menu
- Popup footer link is now configured separately in regular and RDP sessions
New in Battery Mode 3.8.8.102 (Feb 13, 2017)
- New Feature: "Turn off screen".
- This feature allows you to turn off your device's screen(s). It is available in the main window and in context menu
- You can now choose the action displayed in the bottom part of the main window using "Advanced settings" "Popup footer link" menu
- New submenu "Shut down or sign out" has been added to context menu which is opened in RDP session.
- You can also open it locally by right-clicking program's icon while holding a Shift key
- Fixed a bug that prevented UPS users from changing program icon's color
New in Battery Mode 3.8.7.100 (Feb 13, 2017)
- Scheduler: added triggers and conditions for display's power state
- Scheduler: added triggers and conditions for power scheme changes
- Improved precision of battery wear calculations
- Added an option to hide popup window's border on Windows 10
- Installer now supports "silent" mode. Start installer with /h parameter to get help
New in Battery Mode 3.8.6.96 (Feb 13, 2017)
- Added "Icons Color" setting which allows you to define battery icon color behavior
- Added support for battery controllers that doesn't support mWh charge level measurement
- Now using system fonts on Windows XP
- Fixed window positioning on Windows 10 when taskbar is attached to the top of the screen
- Fixed a bug which could cause -273 °С to be displayed instead of battery's temperature
New in Battery Mode 3.8.5.94 (Feb 13, 2017)
- Added support for Windows XP
- Show correct tray icon when battery is not installed
- Fixed incorrect backlight behaviour on some old laptops
- Added "Always on top" option to "Power system" window
- Fixed a bug which could cause scheduler rule to fail
- Hungarian localization fixes
- Correctly display power schemes with long names
- Fixed a bug which could cause schedulers' messages to show hidden
New in Battery Mode 3.8.4.92 (Feb 13, 2017)
- Added Brazilian Portuguese localization by Igor Ruckert
New in Battery Mode 3.8.4.90 (Feb 13, 2017)
- Installer is now available for easy Battery Mode installation
- You can now launch a program on power event using the scheduler
- Added Hungarian localization by László Bencsik
- Bugfixes
New in Battery Mode 3.8.3.88 (Feb 13, 2017)
- Added French localization by jordan4x
New in Battery Mode 3.8.2.86 (Feb 13, 2017)
- UPS battery indication support
- You can now use the scheduler to set an action on laptop lid state change
- Fixed a bug which caused Battery Mode icon to disappear from system tray. If you were affected by this bug, reenable "Autostart" option from Battery Mode menu
- Bugfixes
New in Battery Mode 3.8.1.82 (Feb 13, 2017)
- New Ukrainian localization by Yurii Petrashko (aka YuriPet)
- New icon styles: "Windows 8 Light" and "Windows 10 Light"
- Scheduler will now perform actions for triggers, which were activated when Battery Mode wasn't running
- Bugfixes and backlight control optimizations
New in Battery Mode 3.8.1.80 (Feb 13, 2017)
- Added "Scheduler" function. It allows you to setup automatic power scheme switching on certain events.
- Read more about the Scheduler
- You can now set custom hotkey for power scheme switching action
- New icon style: "Windows 7"
- Windows 10 interface improvements
- Added "Scan for monitors" option to hidden Shift-Rightclick menu
- Bugfixes