You can of course check the status of your Apple Watch battery on your wrist, but it’s even easier to discover how much Apple Watch juice you have left right from your iPhone.
In fact, you can check the battery status of anything connected via Bluetooth, including headphones and speakers.
Here’s how.
Photo: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac
Swipe down from the top of your iPhone screen to invoke the Notification Center. If you’re not already on the Today tab, tap it at the top of your screen.
If all is set up correctly, you should see the list of connected devices and their battery levels at the top, just under the date and weather.
Photo: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac
If not, swipe all the way down to the bottom of the Today screen, tap the Edit button, and find “Batteries” in the Do Not Include section. Tap on the green plus symbol to the left of Batteries, and then use the hamburger icon (three horizontal lines stacked on top each other) to tap and drag the Batteries to the top of your list of enabled widgets.
Photo: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac
Now when you swipe down to the Today section of your Notification Center, you’ll see all your connected devices and their battery status.
Via: OS X Daily
Rob LeFebvre is an Anchorage, Alaska-based writer and editor who has contributed to various tech, gaming and iOS sites, including 148Apps, Creative Screenwriting, Shelf-Awareness, VentureBeat, and Paste Magazine. Feel free to find Rob on Twitter @roblef, and send him a cookie once in a while; he’ll really appreciate it.
6 responses to “Pro Tip: Check your Apple Watch battery from your iPhone”
Hmmm the battery status isnt appearing in the notification center.
I made sure its added when I go into the notification center edit area.
Any ideas what to looks for?
Is your Apple Watch connected? Powered enough?
Yes, in fact my iPhone battery the beats wireless headphone battery arent showing either.
I love this feature, but it’s a damn shame that it won’t work with my Fitbit Charge HR. Such a PITA to find the battery life on it. Would have been great for Apple / Fitbit to include this data in the notification area.
agreed – I’m surprised they don’t.
Did I seriously just read an article that told me it was easier to read battery status on a device separate to the actual device that was using the battery?