This is cool and works with my headset JBL Reflect Contour Mini!
The fact that Apple "hides" this because you are not using an apple product is gross and stupid in any "Pro" context.
I honestly don't think "actively annoying" people and bullying them into buying apple accessories is creating increased margins - also most products have no apple alternative - i simply don't get this.
"It will map a region of memory from the kernel to Akku, and scan through the raw bluetooth data."
I thought that the Bluetooth support on Apple devices was already crippled by Apple buy this is (for me) a brand new way to shoot yourself in the foot.
It would be interesting to someone from that company to explain the decisions taken to limit which parts of Bluetooth BR/EDR and Bluetooth LE they support and the limitations the force on their users.
Awesome! I recently got a pair of BT headphones and was surprised that my Android phone and Windows machine showed the battery level, but that my MacBook Pro didn't. Especially since the battery level is exposed via a standard BTLE characteristic
> Bluetooth devices now show their battery status in the power widget. Note that this cutting-edge feature requires the latest versions of the upower and bluez packages.
From the KDE Plasma 5.15 announcement [1].
The support for this in upower and BlueZ landed in 2017 [2] [3].
I am using KDE 5.20 with the latest upower and BlueZ installed, but bluetooth devices battery status doesn't show up in the power widget. I wonder if something isn't configured correctly.
In GNOME, the "Power" tab in the Settings app shows battery status from every device that it can. On a laptop, it shows current charge and time until fully charged. It has Bluetooth devices and even USB-connected iPhones.
The fact that Apple "hides" this because you are not using an apple product is gross and stupid in any "Pro" context.
I honestly don't think "actively annoying" people and bullying them into buying apple accessories is creating increased margins - also most products have no apple alternative - i simply don't get this.