See AirPods & Magic Keyboard Battery on Mac

To see your AirPods or Magic Keyboard battery on a Mac, click Control Center in the menu bar, then Bluetooth. Each connected device shows its percentage; AirPods show left, right and, when it reports, the case. You can also check in System Settings › Bluetooth, with the Batteries widget, or in Terminal with ioreg.

TL;DR

• Quickest: Control Center › Bluetooth.
• One click: add the Bluetooth icon to the menu bar (System Settings › Control Center › Bluetooth › Show in Menu Bar).
• Always visible: the Batteries widget on your desktop or in Notification Center.
• Terminal: ioreg -r -k BatteryPercent for Magic devices, system_profiler SPBluetoothDataType for headphones.
• All devices in one list, and a battery in the menu bar: FavTray System › Bluetooth, free.

How do you check AirPods battery on a Mac?

1. Put the AirPods in your ears, or open the case, so they connect to the Mac.
2. Click Control Center in the menu bar (the two switches), then click Bluetooth.
3. The AirPods row shows battery levels. When the left and right AirPods differ, you’ll see both. The case appears when at least one AirPod is in it.

While AirPods are connected, they also get their own entry in the System Settings sidebar, just below your name. Click it to see battery levels and change settings like noise control.

The case isn’t showing? A Mac only hears from the case when an AirPod is inside and connected. For a reliable case reading, open the lid next to your iPhone.

How do you check Magic Keyboard, Mouse or Trackpad battery?

• System Settings › Bluetooth: a connected Magic device shows its battery level under its name.
• Control Center › Bluetooth: the same levels in the menu bar panel.
• Low battery: macOS sends a notification when a Magic device is running low, and asks you to charge it.

Magic devices charge over their Lightning or USB-C port and keep working while plugged in, except the Magic Mouse, whose charging port is on the bottom.

How do you add a battery widget on a Mac?

The Batteries widget shows your Mac and connected Bluetooth devices in one place.

1. Click the date and time in the menu bar to open Notification Center, scroll down and click Edit Widgets. On macOS Sonoma and later you can also right-click the desktop and choose Edit Widgets.
2. Search for Batteries, pick a size, and drag it to the desktop or Notification Center.

The larger sizes show more devices. For more widget ideas, see the best Mac widgets and glanceable apps.

How do you check Bluetooth battery in Terminal?

Magic Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad:

ioreg -r -k BatteryPercent | grep -E '"Product"|"BatteryPercent"'

Example output:

    "Product" = "Magic Keyboard with Touch ID"
    "BatteryPercent" = 84

AirPods and other headphones:

system_profiler SPBluetoothDataType

Under the Connected heading, find your device and look for lines ending in Battery Level. AirPods usually report left, right and case separately. Devices that are paired but not connected appear under Not Connected without a battery level, and some third-party headphones don’t report one at all.

Why doesn’t my headphone battery show on the Mac?

• It’s not connected. Paired but disconnected devices never report a level.
• The headphones don’t share it. Many non-Apple headphones only report battery to their own phone app. Some report it over Bluetooth’s standard battery service, which macOS can show; others don’t.
• Stale reading. Disconnect and reconnect the device from the Bluetooth menu.
• Logitech and other vendor mice and keyboards often report battery only in the vendor’s app, such as Logi Options+.

How do you see every Bluetooth battery in the menu bar?

macOS makes you open a panel each time. FavTray’s System tool has a Bluetooth section that lists battery levels for Magic Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad and for AirPods (left, right and case) and other headphones that report them, lowest first. You can:

• Put a Bluetooth device battery in the menu bar, so your AirPods or keyboard level is always visible.
• Connect or disconnect a device you’ve already paired, in one click. FavTray never pairs, forgets or scans for new devices.
• See the rest of your Mac’s health in the same window: Mac battery condition and cycles, the charger’s watts, per-app volume and more.

It needs the Bluetooth permission to list and connect paired devices, and asks for it only when you open the section.

Free vs Pro: the Bluetooth batteries, connect and disconnect are free. Pro, a one-time Lifetime licence, adds a low-battery alert for Bluetooth devices, along with FavTray’s other system alerts.

Sources (checked 28 September 2026): commands tested on a MacBook running macOS 26.6.2; man ioreg and man system_profiler.