Low battery warning in Windows

Salutations,

I use the wireless Xbox One controller with the USB dongle

(which btw is extremely oversized compared to the Steam dongle, not to mention the Logitech ones).

Using the Windows 10 app Xbox Accessories I can check the battery level to a certain extent

(it shows a battery bar and a vague description, no percentages).

However, there is absolutely no low battery level warning!

On the Steam controller the button with the logo on it would flash
if it was near death but the only way the Xbox controller tells you is by
instantly turning off. Something that is highly frustrating when playing a ranked multiplayer game.

Is there any way to get a similar warning as the Steam controller for low battery level, or at least some sort of software popup?

Cheers.

:)

 

Xbox One Wireless Controller Batterystatus

@cy43rguru I feel the battery indicator should be in the bottom right next to the date/time in windows. And when the battery is down to 10% it would give you a notification pop up on screen and while in game warning you about the lower battery.

I disable the gamebar in windows 10 so my XBO controller will work with Steam Big Picture mode. Maybe partner with Steam to have a battery indicator in the Big Picture hud.

Something needs to be done though. I've had two gaming sessions where my controller just quit on me and I had to scramble for the Escape key to pause the game and replace batteries.

 

Xbox One Wireless Controller Batterystatus

Well, the Xbox 360 use to show battery status when you pressed the guide button, so the most logical place to implement it, would be within the Game Bar, that's used now when you press the Guide button on the XBox One Controller.

Any indicator would at least warn you, currently if your battery is low the controller just Shuts off, no warning.

It blows my mind that wireless controller for windows is such an after thought, they would overlook something like Battery Status.

 

Hey there Bonta!

That's a good suggestion. I would recommend heading over to the
Xbox Feedback site and leaving the suggestion for improvement there.

Thanks for posting!

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