Battery Percentage API

[Bonxy]

Hey,

Now that we can see battery percentage on the Charge 2 is there any chance of returning this from the device endpoint instead of Empty, Low, Medium or High.

Thanks.

[AndrewFitbit]

@Bonxy That's the battery indicator, it won't have a percentage. Battery percent is not returned in the device endpoint; only empty, low, medium, or high.

[Bonxy]

I know its the battery indicator. But you must be getting them levels back when it syncs.

Thought you might have changed it to the percentage number at some point.

[SunsetRunner]

they can definitely see battery %. I had a problem with mine, and helpdesk was able to confirm it was stuck at 90%.

[vinceskahan]

agree - here's what my Alta reports via the API:

{
 'features': [],
 'battery': 'High',
 'lastSyncTime': '2018-03-22T11:26:21.000',
 'mac': '1234567890AB',
 'batteryLevel': 100,
 'type': 'TRACKER',
 'id': '123456789',
 'deviceVersion': 'Alta'
}

[SunsetRunner]

so if the % is returned by the API, then there's a potential business opportunity here for someone with the right skills ... a standalone android widget that just displays Fitbit battery % !!

[vinceskahan]

remember it's the data as of your last sync - so if your fitbit doesn't synch automatically (like most people, it seems) the data is old and possibly invalid.

[SunsetRunner]

fine by me .... better than nothing ... the battery symbol ( empty, low, medium, high ) in the app is only as relevant as the last sync anyway ... only today my battery was medium 1st thing this morning, and when I synced in the afternoon ( I don't autosync to save battery ) it went down to low ... I'd have much rather seen that it went from 28% down to 21% ... I'm guessing that low is <25% .. medium is 25 to 75 and full is > 75% ... so showing the full symbol for 2 days running is misleading in itself!!