<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="power-status" xml:lang="hi">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="power" group="#first"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="power-batterylife"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.20" date="2016-06-15" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

      <years>2016</years>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Display the status of the battery and connected devices.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Check the battery status</title>

  <steps>

    <title>Display the status of the battery and connected devices</title>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui>

      overview and start typing <gui>Power</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click <gui>Power</gui> to open the panel. The status of known devices

      is displayed.

    </item>

  </steps>

    
If an internal battery is detected, the <gui>Battery</gui> section

    displays the status of one or more laptop batteries. The indicator bar

    shows the percent charged, as well as time until fully charged if plugged

    in, and time remaining when running on battery power.

    
The <gui>Devices</gui> section displays the status of connected

    devices.

</page>