BatteryBar Pro Reviews and details

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• Can I Stretch My Gaming Laptop Battery for a 3-Hour Exam?

  Get https://batterybarpro.com/ after a couple of power cycles it will accurately tell you how many hours of battery life you have. It’s tons better than the stock windows battery bar. Source: almost 2 years ago

• I need my fix of longer battery life

  Get the free version of: https://batterybarpro.com/ See what your baseline idle power draw is, without any programs running (double check in task manager). Let's say it's "normal" at 4W. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Guys I need help with my battery life

  Also I'd recommend installing https://batterybarpro.com/ for diagnosis. Gives you fine detail about discharge rate etc. Source: about 2 years ago

• Is it possible to develop own Taskbar widgets?

  BatteryBar can run as a Win10 taskbar widget. But for Win11 Microsoft removed this feature. You should vote on the Feedback Hub to bring this feature back. Source: about 2 years ago

• Automatic performance mode?

  Https://batterybarpro.com/ can do it, but since Windows 11 doesn't allow custom toolbars (unfortunately) I haven't been using it. It can still do it without showing the toolbar though. Source: about 2 years ago

• Lenovo Vantage Battery meter on windows 11.

  Microsoft decided to take away toolbars in windows 11. You can try batterybar (https://batterybarpro.com/). You need to install it in floating toolbar mode. Then you can drag and drop it to your desktop or taskbar - however if you click the taskbar the batterybar sometimes goes behind it. Source: about 2 years ago

• Gotta say I Really Enjoy Using Windows 11

  I've been using the pro version of battery bar for more years than I can remember. It's useless now. Source: over 2 years ago

• Legion 5 Pro 2022 battery

  Yes, using this tool: https://batterybarpro.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• BIOS 315 (GA402RJ/RK): Unofficial Release Notes and Guide

  When you install BatteryBar, if you are running Windows 11 the standard installation will not work, as the Taskbar integration no longer works. You have to select the Floating method rather than their standard and recommended method. Source: over 2 years ago

• battery at 100% all the time

  An option that can help you juggle the charge state would be Battery Bar (Pro). In it you can set custom battery warning levels (For instance you can set 80% to trigger a fully charged alarm). Source: over 2 years ago

• DOES YOUR GAMING LAPTOP HAVE BAD BATTERY? An investigation into the inconsistent NVIDIA Optimus implementation on Windows

  Observing the idle wattage became a pretty consistent pattern for me to predict whether the dGPU was active or not. 10w or less means "good — the dGPU is sleeping"; ~30w means "bad — the dGPU is awake on battery". Installing BatteryBar greatly helped me monitor the GPU's status because it had an easy-to-access battery discharge rate metric without causing observer bias (waking the GPU) like HWInfo64. Source: over 2 years ago

• Battery 2021 I just buy it

  Batterybar[https://batterybarpro.com/] has a basic free version that is abit more accurate. Source: over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Anyone making a living building desktop applications?

  I have a side-project (https://batterybarpro.com) that's a native Windows application. It brings in $400-1000 a month. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• So i opened up vantage and i think it's stuck? What should i do?

  And this: https://batterybarpro.com/ to provide alternative for the tray Vantage battery icon. I can also provide send you my custom theme for BatteryBar to make the gauge look the same. Source: about 3 years ago

• Should I change my battery?

  Easiest way to check your battery health without having to read reports? Install BatteryBar from https://batterybarpro.com . Once installed, you'll have a new battery icon on your taskbar. Hover over that and it'll show you "at a glance" information about your battery, including its wear percentage. And you can check it whenever you like. Source: about 3 years ago

• The box and the specs says that this laptop comes with 76 whr battery but battery bar says it's 80... So what's the real capacity???

  From the image, it's BatteryBar https://batterybarpro.com/. Source: over 3 years ago

• Anyone else having this? Battery drops from 35-30% to 7

  Install BatteryBar (https://batterybarpro.com). Once installed, hover over the battery icon it puts in the taskbar. What's the Battery Wear % and mWh figure? Source: over 3 years ago

• (Fix) Battery Bar not showing up on Win11

  You can install it from their official website which is https://batterybarpro.com/ and you can download the basic free version of the paid pro version. Source: over 3 years ago

• Galaxy Book S (LTE + ARM/Snapdragon) & Windows 11 - wait for WinUpdate or manually upgrade via USB/ISO?

  That's good to hear. I've been trying to run some battery indicator programs but they won't run, even though they're 32-bit x86. They run fine on my Intel laptops. Book S Windows Defender even says they're malware! lol. Https://www.robotonfire.com/bl/ Https://batterybarpro.com/. Source: over 3 years ago

• Inconsistent battery life?

  I installed BatteryBar Pro to get detailed information about battery usage. Currently, I have it set to display how many Watts of power the G14 is currently using. (I do not recall if this feature is available in the free version.) It also provides notifications with time remaining estimates when battery life reaches certain thresholds. Source: over 3 years ago

• When battery hits 20%, Windows immediately shows 6%

  Battery going bad. Install BatteryBar from https://batterybarpro.com then hover over the battery icon it puts in your taskbar. That'll tell you the wear % as well as giving you the actual Wh figures. Post a screenshot if you're not sure what it means! Source: over 3 years ago