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Bluetooth Battery Monitor Changelog

What's new in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.22.0.0

Mar 21, 2024
  • New Device Support:
  • Plantronics BT600 and Poly BT700 USB dongles (VID:047F, PID:02EE/02E6)
  • HyperX Cloud Flight Wireless (new version) (USB dongle-based, VID:0951, PID:1723)
  • Corsair wireless devices supported by iCUE application

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.21.0.1 (Oct 23, 2023)

  • Jabra Headsets (USB dongle-based)

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.20.0.1 (Dec 14, 2022)

  • New Device Support:
  • Logitech Bolt receiver

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.19.0.1 (Jul 8, 2022)

  • New Device Support:
  • HyperX Cloud II (USB dongle-based)
  • Razer Nari Essential (USB dongle-based)
  • Steelseries Rival3, Arctis 1, Arctis 7 (USB dongle-based)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Mouse cursor jumps after clicking on the system tray icon.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.18.1.1 (May 24, 2022)

  • New device support:
  • Corsair wireless gaming (USB dongle-based) devices
  • Selected HyperX wireless (USB dongle-based) headsets

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.17.0.1 (Mar 29, 2022)

  • New Device Support:
  • Razer wireless (USB dongle based) mice/keyboards
  • Bug Fixes:
  • You may see a false-positive "Cannot update without HFP (voice) connection" warning on new laptops.
  • Left/Right/Case battery levels may not be shown for Galaxy Buds series devices with new firmware.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.16.0.1 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • New device support:
  • Wacom Intuos BT S/M and Intuos Pro S/M/L

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.15.2.1 (Nov 27, 2021)

  • Bug Fix:
  • System tray icon may not be properly shown on dark background.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.15.1.1 (Nov 14, 2021)

  • Bug Fix:
  • Left/Right/Case battery levels may not be properly shown for some Samsung Galaxy Buds models.
  • Improvement:
  • Better DPI scaling and dark/light theme support.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.15.0.1 (Oct 27, 2021)

  • New Device Support:
  • Sony WF-1000XM3 (with Left/Right/Case display)
  • Apple Magic Keyboards (2021 models)
  • Samsung Galaxy Buds series (with Left/Right/Case display)

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.14.2.1 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Battery level is not shown for Sony WH-1000XM4.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.14.1.1 (Jul 16, 2021)

  • New Device Support:
  • Logitech MX Anywhere 3 (and new Logitech devices)
  • HUAWEI FreeBuds 4
  • Improvements:
  • Fine-grain (1% or 5%, depending on the device's capability) and TWS (Right/Left/Case) battery information support for the following devices.
  • Apple AirPods
  • Google PixelBuds
  • OnePlus Buds
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Sony DualSense controller's battery level is not shown correctly when the controller is connected through USB.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.13.1.1 (Jun 8, 2021)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Huawei FreeBuds 3 and FreeBuds Pro's battery information is not updated.
  • "Disconnect this device" command in the device context menu may not completely disconnect the device.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.13.0.1 (May 12, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Left/Right/Case battery level display for selected Huawei earbuds.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Window may be shown at the wrong position after DPI change.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.12.0.1 (Mar 24, 2021)

  • Sony DualSense controller support is added.
  • Better support of broken keyboard/mouse firmwares.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.11.2.1 (Feb 12, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Logitech gaming headset support. (Requires LGHub installation)

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.10.0.1 (Dec 21, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • AirPods Max support
  • Xbox Wireless Controller (Model 1914) support
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Feedback submission may fail with a network error.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.9.0.1 (Oct 24, 2020)

  • New Feature:
  • Italian support
  • Improvements:
  • Simplified device show/hide control.
  • More flexibility to choose which device's battery level is shown in the system tray icon.
  • Bug Fix:
  • Slightly higher CPU utilization (up to 1%) when the program is idle.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.8.0.1 (Sep 21, 2020)

  • New Feature:
  • Added HTTP/JSON API so that third-party software can read battery level information. See the documentation for the details.
  • Improvements:
  • Shows the "freshness" of AirPods data. See FAQ for the details.
  • Shows each pods and case battery levels of selected Xiaomi TWS earbuds.
  • 1% increment battery level display for selected Beats headphones.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.7.3.1 (Aug 31, 2020)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Some Logitech devices may not be recognized.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.7.2.1 (Aug 21, 2020)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Audio playback to A2DP devices may be interrupted for a couple of seconds every five minutes.
  • Computer's automatic sleep timer may not work if Logitech Gaming mouse is installed with G HUB software.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.7.1.1 (Aug 6, 2020)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Computer's automatic sleep timer may not work.
  • Logitech Unifying device's name may not be shown correctly.
  • Logitech Unifying device's battery level may not be updated when multiple devices are paired to one Unifying adapter.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.7.0 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Add Logitech Gaming device support.
  • Add workaround for audio devices with broken AT+BIEV support.
  • Now you open Windows 10 Bluetooth control panel with right-click on the Bluetooth Battery Monitor's tray icon (and hide the Windows 10 Bluetooth task ray icon).
  • Improved accessibility (better Windows Narrator support).
  • Bug Fix:
  • “Connect/Disconnect” operation did not work for AirPods.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.6.1.1 (Jun 18, 2020)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Battery information may not be updated for some headphones.
  • Minor user interface fixes.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.6.0.1 (Jun 6, 2020)

  • Important Note: Starting this release, the minimum OS requirement will be Windows 10 version 1709 (build 16299). If you are using an older OS, please use Version 1.x.
  • New Features:
  • User can rearrange the devices in the main window with drag & drop.
  • User can exclude devices from affecting tray icon color/overlay calculation.
  • This feature comes in handy when you have multiple devices with different battery life.
  • To exclude a device from icon color/overlay calculation, please right click on the device and enable “Exclude this device from tray icon/overlay calculation”.
  • Added an option to synchronize color scheme (light/dark mode) with the system setting.
  • Improvement:
  • Better high DPI display support.
  • Bug Fix:
  • Software stops updating battery information after Windows Upgrade.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.5.0.1 (May 16, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Spanish support.
  • Xbox Wireless Adapter (USB dongle) support.
  • Multi Xbox Wireless Adapter/Controller support. (Requires Windows 10 1709/16299 or later)
  • Bug Fix:
  • Inconsistent battery information may be reported for Plantronics devices.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.4.1 (Apr 21, 2020)

  • New Feature:
  • Show right, left, and case battery level for AirPods.
  • Bug Fix:
  • Windows may crash (BSOD) when particular headphones are connected. (Version 2.3.1 bug)

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.3.1 (Mar 18, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Added German support.
  • Added tray icon overlay to always show the battery level. (See "Overlay battery level number" option in the "Settings" window)
  • Added context menu items to connect/disconnect audio devices for convenience.
  • Added support for selected JBL wireless speakers (experimental).
  • Improvements:
  • Better compatibility with some TWS buds.
  • Reduced memory usage.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.2.0 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Add support for new headphones/headsets (including many TWS buds).
  • Settings window is now scrollable (in case the window does not fit in the screen).
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Plantronics headphones' battery level may be wrongly shown as 0%.
  • Program may crash while Bluetooth radio is off.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.1.3 (Jan 16, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Add Samsung Level U support.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 2.0.1 (Jan 3, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Added Chinese (Simplified), Japanese and Russian support.
  • Improved compatibility with some true wireless earbuds.
  • Important Changes:
  • 32bit Windows and Windows versions older than Windows 10 1607 (build 14393) are not supported anymore.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.17.1.1 (Nov 29, 2019)

  • System may crash when the "Nearby sharing" feature is used.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.17.0 (Nov 20, 2019)

  • Improved support for Plantronics headsets/headphones.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.16.2 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Program may falsely reject license valid file.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.16.1 (Sep 9, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Added new tray icons that work better with light-colored taskbar.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Main window stays open after it loses focus in some situation.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.15.1 (Apr 19, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • You can now hide inactive devices.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Main window may be drawn behind other windows.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.15.0 (Feb 17, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • You can now hide inactive devices.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Main window may be drawn behind other windows.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.14.0 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Add dark mode user interface and matching system tray icons.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Reduced CPU utilization when Sony DualShock4 is being used.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.13.0 (Oct 19, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • You can now configure low/critical battery thresholds in the Settings window.
  • You can now customize system tray icons (to other built-in icons or your own icons) in the Settings window.
  • Bugfixes:
  • Excessive (> 100MB) memory (private physical memory) usage on some systems (often seen with the systems with many CPU cores and/or a lot of memory).

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.12.0.1 (Aug 29, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Added “refresh button” to manually update battery information.
  • Note: Whether this button works or not depends on each device's capability and connection status.
  • Improvements:
  • Better handling of the mice/keyboards that have broken HID descriptors.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.11.0 (Aug 11, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Some device may not be listed on Windows 10 Insider Builds (RS4/RS5).
  • Improvements:
  • Monitoring other Windows PCs and Android devices is now officially supported.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.10.0 (Jul 7, 2018)

  • You can now hide the device you are not interested in the user interface.
  • Please right-click the device in the device list and select Hide in the popup menu.
  • You can now monitor other Windows PCs and Android devices' battery level.
  • Please see the FAQ for more information.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.9.2 (Jun 14, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Apple Magic Trackpad (1st generation), when used with Bootcamp driver, is not recognized.
  • Improvements:
  • Limitations on Logitech Unifying Receiver (only one receiver is supported and only one paired device is supported) are lifted.
  • Logitech Nano Receiver support is added.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.9.1 (May 30, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Non-Bluetooth wireless devices' battery level are not shown on Windows 7 with SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 versions older than 1607.
  • Inaccurate Troubleshooter messages for AirPods and other Apple W1 chip based devices.
  • Improvements:
  • Better support for "not fully specification compliant" Bluetooth audio devices.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.9.0 (May 30, 2018)

  • New Feature:
  • Added support for Digitizers and Active Pens.
  • Added support for selected non-Bluetooth wireless Keyboards and Mice.
  • Limitations:
  • Devices are distinguished by its hardware ID. Therefore, if there are multiple devices with same vendor ID and same product ID in one system, current application cannot distinguish between them.
  • Logitech Unifying Receiver is supported, but current application can recognize only its first paired device.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.8.3.1 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • Added support for Apple Boot Camp version 6.x drivers
  • Magic Mouse 2, Magic Keyboard (with or without Numeric Keypad) and Magic Trackpad 2 now work with or without Boot Camp drivers.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.7.1.1 (Apr 4, 2018)

  • Bugfix:
  • If driver installation fails during the software installation, system may be left with incomplete driver settings and input devices (keyboards and mice) may become inoperable.
  • The only difference from version 1.7.0 is the installer. If you have already successfully installed version 1.7.0 to your computer, there is no need to update.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.7.0.0 (Apr 3, 2018)

  • New Feature:
  • Added support for Apple AirPods, BeatsX, Beats Studio3, and Powerbeats3.
  • Please note that this feature requires:
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 or newer, and
  • Bluetooth adapter with LE (Low Energy) support.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.6.2.1 (Mar 14, 2018)

  • Some Bluetooth LE devices are recognized capable of reporting battery level, but battery level was never reported.
  • Logitech M720 and other LE devices were affected by this bug.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.6.1.1 (Mar 8, 2018)

  • Minor user interface change.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.6.0.1 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • Added support for Apple Wireless Keyboard (1st generation with two AA batteries)
  • Added support for Xiaomi Mi Band 2.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.5.2 (Feb 12, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Troubleshooter may falsely claims that the HFP connection to the audio device is disconnected.
  • Improved compatibility with some Logitech devices.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.5.1.1 (Jan 9, 2018)

  • Added support for Apple Magic Keyboard (Model MLA22LL/a - 2nd generation with rechargeable batteries)
  • Added support for Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controller (Model 6CL-00001)

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.4.0.0 (Dec 20, 2017)

  • Added support for Apple Magic Mouse (Model A1296 - 1st generation with 2 AA batteries)(Support for the 2nd generation Magic Mouse and Wireless/Magic Keyboards are coming soon)

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.3.1.0 (Dec 11, 2017)

  • Troubleshooter might have falsely determined Bluetooth device incapable of reporting battery level.
  • Newly paired device's information, including its name, might not been shown properly.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.3.0.0 (Dec 3, 2017)

  • Added support for Sony DualShock 4 game controller
  • Tested with original model (CUH-ZCT1). Should work with new model (CUH-ZCT2) too. If anyone has problem with either model, please contact us.
  • Added support for Logitech Keyboards and Mice

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 1.0.0.1 (Oct 26, 2017)

  • Added more self diagnostic tests.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 0.9.11.1 Beta (Oct 18, 2017)

  • Added self diagnostic tests for audio device (such as headphone, headset and speaker) issues.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 0.9.10.1 Beta (Oct 10, 2017)

  • Bug Fix: Bluetooth LE devices are not recognized (or battery level is not updated).
  • Bug Fix: Beta version may expire prematurely.
  • Bug Fix: Installer's "Repair" feature actually corrupted the installation.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 0.9.9.1 Beta (Sep 25, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Bluetooth headset may stop functioning properly if Bluetooth driver stack is updated.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 0.9.8.1 Beta (Sep 18, 2017)

  • Improved audio device (such as headphone, headset and speaker) detection.
  • Many devices not recognized by older versions are now recognized by this version.
  • Extended headphone / headset support to all supported operating systems (including Windows 7 with SP1 and Windows 8.1).

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 0.9.7.1 Beta (Sep 6, 2017)

  • Improved mouse / keyboard detection.
  • Bug fix: Installer may fail on non-English operating systems.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 0.9.6.0 Beta (Sep 6, 2017)

  • Improved mouse / keyboard detection.
  • Maintain Bluetooth device information across application restart.
  • Bug fix: Application may not handle Bluetooth radio on / off events properly.

New in Bluetooth Battery Monitor 0.9.5.0 Beta (Sep 6, 2017)

  • Add support for headphone / headset (on Windows 10 only).