How to Track Battery

zweletrondevs · July 21, 2025, 6:20pm

Godot Version

Godot 4.4.1

Question

Does anyone know how to track battery in godot? I want to make a application launcher that can save apps and I just wanted to add a battery bar.

gertkeno · July 21, 2025, 6:43pm

Getting battery percent was partially added before 3.0 and removed in 4.0; If you’re willing to downgrade there seems to be a OS.get_power_percent_left in 3.6 that works on desktop platforms Linux, Mac, and Windows.

Or if you are willing to compile the engine yourself you could try to revert this PR

github.com/godotengine/godot

Remove incomplete battery status/power API

master ← akien-mga:remove-battery-power-api

opened 12:47PM - 14 Feb 20 UTC

akien-mga

+1 -2013

It was initially implemented in #5871 for Godot 3.0, but never really completed… or thoroughly tested for most platforms. It then stayed in limbo and nobody seems really keen to finish it, so it's better to remove it in 4.0, and re-add eventually (possibly with a different API) if there's demand and an implementation confirmed working on all platforms. Closes #8770.