Is there an easier way of showing bluetooth earbuds battery?

[james_uk]

Hi, I have a Samsung S10 Plus running android 10, I have recently got some MPOW M9 ear buds and i am finding the only way i can see the battery remaining is by going to the drop down notifications, then going to devices and seeing it in there, only problem is it only seems to show the battery sometimes, this morning i went out with my buds fully charged and at that time the battery was showing fine, i only had them on for about 1 hour but when i put them back on at lunch time and also on the way home this evening, neither time did it show battery, it just showed 'playing' but no display of battery.

I am just wondering if there’s any easier way of seeing the battery without having to go into a few menu's to see it?

And also why the battery shows sometimes and not others?

I use PowerAmp Pro, i am not sure if there’s a feature in that to show remaining battery, i haven’t seen it if there is?

Any help would be great.

Thanks,
James.

 

[ocnbrze]

what earbuds do you have?

 

[james_uk]

Mpow M9, link is: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B081D3QLZ2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[mikedt]

I don't know these particular wireless earbuds, but check if the manufacturer provides a supporting/info app for them.

May look something like this, which is the app for my Huawei FreeBuds 3. Which shows the charging status of the earbuds as well as the case. The supporting app is used to apply firmware updates to them as well.

20% power, that's not bad after 4 hours of playing.

Thing with these completely wireless earbuds, there's actually three batteries involved. One in each earbud, and a larger one in the charging case. And they're all communicating with the phone via Bluetooth. It could be the phone is getting confused as to which Bluetooth device battery is it's supposed to be gauging? That's why manufacturers might provide their own proprietary apps for this. Huawei does, and I know Bose does as well.

AFAIK original spec was for BT wireless headphones that only had one battery, and that's what the phone usually shows in the notification area.