Bluetooth mouse not showing % battery remaining...

[Psychbum]

I just got the Satechi M1 mouse. For some reason I can't view the % battery level.

Have tried option + bluetooth in menu bar but that doesn't show.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[chabig]

It's possible that the mouse doesn't report battery life.

 

[Psychbum]

It's possible that the mouse doesn't report battery life.

I contacted Apple support, they said 'should have bought an apple Magic Mouse' (not helpful).

Contacted Satechi the mouse manufacturer, they said that 3rd party mice do not display battery % on MacOS (not sure if BS only), likely to be added in the next big MacOS release (much more useful).

Thanks

 

[mfram]

Even with Apple products, the Bluetooth menu isn't consistently showing me the battery percentage. With the latest Big Sur, the BT menu won't show me the battery percentage on my Magic Trackpad unless I enter the Bluetooth Preferences panel first. Then the percentage shows up. The BT menu doesn't show the battery percentage on my Logitech BT mouse at all. I have to run a Logitech application to get it to show me the battery level on that mouse. It doesn't surprise me that you don't get a battery percentage of another third-party mouse.

 

[Psychbum]

Even with Apple products, the Bluetooth menu isn't consistently showing me the battery percentage. With the latest Big Sur, the BT menu won't show me the battery percentage on my Magic Trackpad unless I enter the Bluetooth Preferences panel first. Then the percentage shows up. The BT menu doesn't show the battery percentage on my Logitech BT mouse at all. I have to run a Logitech application to get it to show me the battery level on that mouse. It doesn't surprise me that you don't get a battery percentage of another third-party mouse.

I was shocked that this seemingly simple piece of information is not available on an OS level! - Oh well.

The Apple advisor did say they have to plug in their Magic Mouse to get it to appear, or option + bluetooth to show the %.

Workflows just seem messed up in BS.

Thanks

 

[nps]

This is an old post - but noticed in MacOS Ventura the M1 Satechi Mouse that did NOT show any battery level in prior OS versions is now showing the battery level!