A common issue with Wireless peripherals is that they usually die without giving you any alerts. Normally, when the battery gets low, your keyboard starts to act in abnormal ways. It won’t work properly anddisconnect frequently. Eventually, it will stop operating and that’s how you’ll know that your keyboard is dead.
Additionally, it doesn’t help when we can’t figure out the battery level of our keyboard. Fortunately, there are several ways to check the battery level on your keyboard.
How to Check Battery Level of a Keyboard?
There are different ways to check the battery level of a keyboard. And, the process differs slightly for different brands. you may check the battery level in these ways.
From Windows Settings
Windows does give you the ability to check the battery level on yourwireless peripheralthrough the windows settings. It is an easy process, and this is how you may do it:
If you don’t see the battery level of your keyboard in the settings, it means that your keyboard does not support this feature. Keyboards of different brands and models have different ways of displaying the battery so, your keyboard most likely has other ways to display it.
How to Check Battery Level on Keyboards With Non-Rechargeable Battery?
If you have a different kind of Bluetooth keyboard that uses an AA or AAA battery, you may’t see the battery level. You don’t really need to check the battery in these keyboards since they last months. However, some brands like Logitech give you the option to check battery level even if it uses an AA battery.
Keyboards that don’t show the battery level on the windows settings are likely to display the battery using LED lights. Some keyboard brands have their own software for this.
Below are the ways to check battery level on keyboards of different brands.
With Logitech keyboards, you may use a software designed to customize the use of their keyboards. You can download the app through Logitech’s website. The application is called Logi Options and it supports all their devices. The software is available on both Windows and Mac.
To check the battery level of your wireless peripherals through this application,
This application also notifies you when your keyboard’s battery gets low. If you’re not getting these notifications, you need to turn on the notifications. To do this,
For Logitech keyboards that use AA batteries, you may press and hold the FN key, then press F12. If the LED glows green, your batteries are good and you don’t have to change them. But if they glow red, you need to change the batteries.
