IOS – check iPhone, iPad, Watch battery on Mac

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My goal is to have battery status of other Apple device on my Mac (preferably on menubar). I'd like to have a glimpse of the battery status of my iPhone, iPad, Watch, and Airpods.

I'm a user of Bitbar and iStat menu, but I haven't found any widgets can wirelessly check other Apple device's battery status.

What I know is that I can click the Wi-Fi icon on menu bar and it will show my iPhone battery status. To show the percentage, I have to option + click the Wi-Fi icon and hover over my mouse on the iPhone hot spot section. It's pretty clunky, but I guess at least the API is there.

I am also open to third party apps which can let me see battery status across devices.

Best Answer

[This is not a final answer as long as this line exists]

Assumptions I am making:

  • I am assuming you are on the latest version iOS and macOS.
  • You have the same account logged into the iPhone as well as Mac.

Even if you keep personal hotspot toggled off — unless you’re sharing your cellular connection with someone else — the latest versions of iOS and macOS still see available hotspots from devices with the same iCloud accounts enabled as part of Apple’s Continuity feature.

Here is how to see the Battery Percentage of your iPhone on a macOS system:

  1. Make sure you have same iCloud account logged into iPhone and macOS device.
  2. Turn on Wi-Fi from macOS.
  3. Then click on the Wi-Fi icon on the menubar and wait for your iPhone to appear on the list. You can now see the graphical indicator of your iPhone’s battery level.
  4. But if you want to know the precise percentage of your battery level follow further steps.
  5. Hold on option key.
  6. Then click on the Wi-Fi icon on the menubar.
  7. This time when your hover pointer over the device, you should be able to see the battery percentage of iPhone.
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