New keychron Q5 pro keyboard. Looking for a way to query the battery level.

23 February 2024, 02:32:10

I've been scouring the internet for an answer and maybe I'm just bad at it but I've found nothing to answer my question so far.

I just bought the Q5 Pro keyboard from Keychron and right now I've got it operating wirelessly in 2.4gz mode. Anyone know if there's a way to query battery level from within the os? There's a key combo you can hit and the keyboard lights up leds to indicate it's level so I'm not without options but I like having battery levels for devices built into waybar.

Of course I could just switch the thing to bluetooth mode and then I'm assuming I'd have a battery indicator available through upower but I was just wondering if anyone here has experience with this? Or if someone much smarter and/or experienced than me knows where I could be looking to track down info on this device.

Re: New keychron Q5 pro keyboard. Looking for a way to query the battery level.

Reply #1 – 25 February 2024, 18:29:48

upower is the only non-GUI method I know. GNOME power manager et. al might be able to report battery level too, but as far as I know they're just front ends for upower in this respect.