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tdifonzo
Contributor II
September 25, 2019
Answered

SONOS Move Battery Level on Bluetooth

Is there a way to see the Move's battery life while in Bluetooth mode?
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    Ryan S
    Ryan SAnswer
    Retired Sonos Staff
    September 25, 2019
    The battery life is only shown in the Sonos app. If you're connected to Sonos with WiFi, the Sonos app will show you the battery charge by the name of the room in the room screen or at the bottom of the app. Over Bluetooth, if you open the Sonos app, when off of the wifi, you'll see a new screen with the product image, it's name, and the battery life left.

    You'll also get an amber LED indicating when the unit is very low on power (15% or under), but no battery life is displayed outside the Sonos app.
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    Ryan S
    Ryan SAnswer
    Retired Sonos Staff
    September 25, 2019
    The battery life is only shown in the Sonos app. If you're connected to Sonos with WiFi, the Sonos app will show you the battery charge by the name of the room in the room screen or at the bottom of the app. Over Bluetooth, if you open the Sonos app, when off of the wifi, you'll see a new screen with the product image, it's name, and the battery life left.

    You'll also get an amber LED indicating when the unit is very low on power (15% or under), but no battery life is displayed outside the Sonos app.
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      margi_92
      Lyricist I
      November 17, 2019

      The  battery level show only on Bluetooth if the data on your phone are switch on, 3g or 4g. There is no battery status if you will connect a WiFi network when you play over Bluetooth. Strange decision from the engineers. 

        meneal
        meneal
        Lyricist III
        January 20, 2020

        When I am connected to WiFi, there is no battery indicator for the Move speaker in the app.  It says “Offline” with a red dot next to it.  How do I check the current battery level, since it does not seem to be lasting very long :thinking:

        melvimbe
        melvimbe
        January 20, 2020

        When I am connected to WiFi, there is no battery indicator for the Move speaker in the app.  It says “Offline” with a red dot next to it.  How do I check the current battery level, since it does not seem to be lasting very long :thinking:

         

        Was your Move also switched over to WiFi mode?

        Danny
        meneal
        meneal
        Lyricist III
        January 20, 2020

        I was listening to the Move in Blue Tooth mode while in the house.  So no, the Move was not on WiFi at the time.  

        meneal
        meneal
        Lyricist III
        January 21, 2020

        But my Sonos app is connected to the WiFi in my house...

        JS21
        Lyricist I
        February 19, 2020

        I’m not sure if I’m in the minority but I have no idea of my battery status when using the Move via Bluetooth.  This is SOOOOO annoying and for the price point, I think this should be standard.  My Bose Mini has a green light showing me the status and yes, maybe I was used to that but I have to be on Wifi to see the battery status?  Silly in my opinion.  I wish I knew all of this before purchasing...otherwise, I wouldn’t have bought this unit. 

         

          melvimbe
          melvimbe
          February 19, 2020

          I’m not sure if I’m in the minority but I have no idea of my battery status when using the Move via Bluetooth.  This is SOOOOO annoying and for the price point, I think this should be standard.  My Bose Mini has a green light showing me the status and yes, maybe I was used to that but I have to be on Wifi to see the battery status?  Silly in my opinion.

           You might want to read Ryan’s post above again as I think he addressed your concerns.

          Danny
          Chris Schwark
          Contributor I
          March 3, 2020

          In reading Ryan’s response again, this is NOT true for me. 

          I am on bluetooth right now to the Move, playing music.

          I’m not on wifi (wifi is down / power is out due to power grid maintenance) so I’m only on 4g cellular and bluetooth to the Move and when I open the Sonos app, I ONLY get a screen that says “you need to turn on your wifi to use Sonos”.  Zero place where it shows any product image or new screen.  Simply a screen telling me the app will not work without wifi.  (btw running the latest Sonos android app on Android 9 on a Samsung Galaxy S9+)

            hoganhaley
            Contributor I
            April 18, 2020

            The battery life is only shown in the Sonos app. If you're connected to Sonos with WiFi, the Sonos app will show you the battery charge by the name of the room in the room screen or at the bottom of the app. Over Bluetooth, if you open the Sonos app, when off of the wifi, you'll see a new screen with the product image, it's name, and the battery life left.

            You'll also get an amber LED indicating when the unit is very low on power (15% or under), but no battery life is displayed outside the Sonos app.

            THis is not true regarding Bluetooth (at least with an iPhone). If you are on Bluetooth , there is no battery level indicator anywhere. Which is dumb

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