macOS bluetooth headphones battery level

What brand of Bluetooth headphones are you using? I have a pair of Apple (Beats) and they show the battery condition when I select Settings>Bluetooth a battery icon appears next to the headphone listing. perhaps the manufacturer has an app or driver that that you can download for macOS Sierra.

I have exactly the same problem. I am using Coulax in-ear bluetooth buds.

I can see the headphone icon with the vertical battery level indicator at the top of my iPhone status bar (iOS 11.2.1). I have used other bluetooth earbud brands before and the iPhone has always showed the bluetooth battery level at the top of the screen, regardless of whether it was a well known brand or a cheap no-name brand bought at an airport lounge.

However, when I click on the bluetooth icon on my Mac menu bar (High Sierra 10.13.2) and select each bluetooth device I can see the battery level percentage for my Apple branded devices (Magic Keyboard and my Magic Trackpad 2), but not for my non-Apple/Beats headphones.

If all bluetooth 4.0+ devices already share their battery level with the bluetooth host they are connected to, and Apple already receives and displays this information one their mobile devices, why can't they do the same on their desktop and laptop devices, without requiring OEMs to build some proprietary Apple specific drivers for Apple's MacOS bluetooth stack?

If your Bluetooth headphones are paired to MacOS, then on the System Preferences : Bluetooth panel, ensure that Show Bluetooth in menu bar is checked.

From the Menubar, click the Bluetooth icon, and under Devices, locate your headphone name and follow its submenu. In faded gray, your remainder Battery Level will be shown as a percentage.

Using a pair of Beats Studio 2.0 Wireless and I am not seeing the percentage. I can see it just fine when I connect them to my iPhone, and can also see percentages for my Magic Mouse, but not the Beats.

Ideas to troubleshoot? Have tried restarting both the MBP and Beats. Running High Sierra 10.13.2 on a 2013 Retina 15" MacBook Pro.

Me too, 10.13.3, multiple pairs of BT headphones that show battery on iOS. Downloading a driver or app is not an answer.

I have a pair of Bowers & Wilkins P7s, but don't see the battery level in macOS despite it working in iOS.

Same issue here with he same brand and model. Any update? As cabba9e mentions, I can see the percentage in iOS, but not in Sierra.

Same issue, Audio-Technica ATH-SR5BT

Same here for a JBL T450BT. My Apple BT Mouse shows it's status the way it should on the Mac but the BT headset only shows this when connected to my iPhone.

When using the volume up/down buttons on the headset the volume reponds but nothing is shown on the dekstop. On the iPhone the volume change is also shown (with a small delay) on the screen....