# Display Battery status **URL:** \ **Category:** GameShell\ **Tags:** retroarch\ **Created:** [July 30, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048 "2018-07-30T13:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nexuscu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/919ad9/32.png) [@Nexuscu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Nexuscu)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/1 "2018-07-30T13:20:08Z")
Hey guys, is it somehow possible to show the current battery stat in retroarch? In the old days (like with a game boy) we had a battery indicator to check the battery stat. Nowadays i´m missing it a little bit since we have to save (again) at savepoints etc. 😂😂 ---
**Author:** ![bitdweller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@bitdweller](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bitdweller)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/2 "2018-07-30T14:42:37Z")
I’m also missing this. I know RetroArch supports showing this, it’s even marked as “ON” by default, but nothing shows up (on the GS). ---
**Author:** ![DisruptItYourself](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/disruptityourself/32/359_2.png) [@DisruptItYourself](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DisruptItYourself)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/3 "2018-07-30T15:38:38Z")
What version of retroarch did you see that supported it? Just because its on one version doesnt mean its automatically on all of them. Especially since we are on like 1.7.0 which is at almost 8 months old. I agree this would be a great feature. ---
**Author:** ![bitdweller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@bitdweller](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bitdweller)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/4 "2018-07-30T16:00:54Z")
According to [this comment](https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/3167#issuecomment-310082209), it’s available since v1.4.0. ---
**Author:** ![DisruptItYourself](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/disruptityourself/32/359_2.png) [@DisruptItYourself](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DisruptItYourself)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/5 "2018-07-30T16:17:16Z")
Read it a bit more carefully. That is a feature request to show battery levels for a connected controller. ---
**Author:** ![DisruptItYourself](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/disruptityourself/32/359_2.png) [@DisruptItYourself](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DisruptItYourself)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/6 "2018-07-30T16:19:48Z")
We could take some inspiration from this: > **[HoolyHoo/Mintybatterymonitor](https://github.com/HoolyHoo/Mintybatterymonitor)** > > On Screen Battery Monitor Solution for the MintyPi - HoolyHoo/Mintybatterymonitor But because the hardware is different it would take some work. ---
**Author:** ![bitdweller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@bitdweller](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bitdweller)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/7 "2018-07-30T16:34:22Z")
Oops! You’re 100% right. But now I’m wondering, if I download the latest RetroArch on my mac, it does display the system battery on the top right corner. And if I go to, on the main menu of RetroArch to `Information>System Information` there’s a line that says `Power Source: 100%` and on the GS it says `Power Source: N/A`. So in some way, the feature should be there? Maybe needs proper configuration? ---
**Author:** ![DisruptItYourself](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/disruptityourself/32/359_2.png) [@DisruptItYourself](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DisruptItYourself)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/8 "2018-07-30T16:46:49Z")
Absolutely. Its more a matter of making the right connection between retroarch and the systems battery information. I’m sure it’s doable and might start looking at it if/when I get time. ---
**Author:** ![skywalker101](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/skywalker101/32/132_2.png) [@skywalker101](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/skywalker101)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/9 "2018-08-01T19:08:01Z")
Anyone figured this out yet? My battery died when not saved Pokemon for a while … 😅😅 ---
**Author:** ![DisruptItYourself](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/disruptityourself/32/359_2.png) [@DisruptItYourself](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DisruptItYourself)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/10 "2018-08-01T19:20:04Z")
I think without significant help from the Clockwork Pi team it’ll take time. It requires some significant new development. ---
**Author:** ![Petrakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/petrakis/32/256_2.png) [@Petrakis](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Petrakis)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/11 "2018-08-02T07:39:19Z")
It would be quite easy to make an overlay app that reads the battery stat on an interval and display it. I´ve uploaded a video that tests overlaying (I tell the test overlay to run from ssh) For the battery overlay, there should be an icon on menu to turn it on or something: ---
**Author:** ![Petrakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/petrakis/32/256_2.png) [@Petrakis](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Petrakis)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/12 "2018-08-05T18:55:30Z")
Here is a preview on a battery widget: ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/1X/16eac7469c98d67826bf1aea2041e8846eff52fe.jpg) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gTqB47eZk&feature=youtu.be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gTqB47eZk&feature=youtu.be) ---
**Author:** ![guu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@guu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/guu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/13 "2018-08-06T02:36:01Z")
it’s a very nice widget ---
**Author:** ![Petrakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/petrakis/32/256_2.png) [@Petrakis](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Petrakis)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/14 "2018-08-06T07:22:52Z")
[https://github.com/Mihaylov93/BatMon](https://github.com/Mihaylov93/BatMon) I uploaded it here.I am rewritting the code, changing the inheritance of the main class. I will add more information in the future. ---
**Author:** ![skywalker101](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/skywalker101/32/132_2.png) [@skywalker101](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/skywalker101)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/15 "2018-08-06T14:39:37Z")
Very nice!!! Tnx!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Petrakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/petrakis/32/256_2.png) [@Petrakis](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Petrakis)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/16 "2018-08-06T14:42:41Z")
Still some work is required. EDIT:August 6, 2018 Rewrote the code and now I have a release candidate: [[APP] Battery status on emulators](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/app-battery-status-on-emulators/1272) EDIT 2:2019-12-16T23:00:00Z Latest release:[BatMon - Battery Status on emulators for Clockwork OS v0.3](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/batmon-battery-status-on-emulators-for-clockwork-os-v0-3/3461) ---
**Author:** ![Nexuscu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/919ad9/32.png) [@Nexuscu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Nexuscu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/display-battery-status/1048/17 "2018-08-07T06:46:15Z")
Thank you so much!!!