Sorry about that, but that's a good point. Not sure I've ever had a backlit cordless keyboard myself.
-- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Outlook From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Michael Feir Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 6:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question about Bluetooth keyboard Presuming no RGB or backlighting, that's true for a good many keyboards. You don't need to spend big bucks for very long battery life. However, looking at the longevity time difference between when lighting is used and turned off, it's very drastic. I recently read about a keyboard which could last ten months without the lighting being turned on or fifteen days with lighting activated and used. My Keychron keyboard is similar. I can get around 100 hours with the lighting turned off. However, that drops to around 34 hours with the lighting used. My keyboard is a compact low profile design so it has a smaller battery. However, I think it still serves to illustrate the potential problem of dramatically overestimating the charge remaining and not realizing that your lighting is on. RGB lighting effects can cut down your batteries even more than backlighting. For many people with sight, such lighting seems to be very desirable despite the power tradeoff. For people like me who are totally blind, the lighting is a liability. On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 6:17 PM Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: In addition to what's already been said, keyboards use very little power, so once it's fully charged, it should be quite a while before you need to charge it again. I'm thinking you could go months between charges. The keyboard I have has an alkaline battery in it though, so take what I say with a grain of salt. I've had the keyboard for a couple of years now, and I've never even been tempted to swap out the battery. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Outlook From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Michael Feir Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 2:36 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Question about Bluetooth keyboard It all depends on what keyboard you're using. Some Bluetooth keyboards don't report their battery status to the battery widget on your iPhone. Also, there are things like the size of battery your keyboard has and whether backlighting or RGB lighting is used. These factors can change how long you can go between having to charge your keyboard. Typically, keyboards which feature backlighting or RGB lighting will have keyboard commands to turn that lighting off to save tons of power. It can make a massive difference. You can usually find the manual for your keyboard online and discover the command in therre or often by reading or listening to reviews of your keyboard. You could then get sighted assistence to let you know if the lighting is disabled. The Be My Eyes app or FaceTime would be good for this. Once I'm aware of the needed key command, I've been able to use the light detecting function in Seeing AI to tell whether my keyboard lighting is off. It's easier to tell if your keyboard and iPhone are in a darker place. In the best case, your keyboard will report its battery level to iOS and you can use the battery widget to check its current level. It can also indicate when your keyboard is charging. Remember that you can change the order of the widgets on your today view and move the battery widget to the top. With keyboards which don't report their battery level, you could use an app like Aira to get sighted assistance in checking the battery level. You'd need to read about how your keyboard indicates the level of charge. It's usually done via status lights. Other than that, good charging habits are what you'll need. What I tend to do is to have an external power bank with me and plug my keyboard and iPhone into it while I work. That way, only the power bank drains and you're keyboard will remain topped up. This way, I just need to remember to charge the power bank regularly. If you don't like the idea of having the cables around all the time, then you should probably plug your keyboard in every few days or so. That way, it will be ready if circumstances prevent you from doing this. Hope that helps. On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 3:08 PM Rena <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello, Is there any way to know how much battery my keyboard has? How often should I charge it and for how long? Rena -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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