How to confirm the remaining battery of the Dell Active Pen

Summary: This article provides information about how to confirm the remaining battery of the Dell Active Pen.

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Instructions

Affected Products:

  • Dell Active Pen - PN557W
  • Dell Active Pen - PN579X

Users might feel confused that the remaining battery information of Dell Active Pen - PN557W and PN579X in Bluetooth & other devices in Settings does not match the information about the small icon in the system tray or the information shown in Dell Stylus App.

Note: The user has to enable the option Show Battery Status in taskbar in the Dell Active Pen Control Panel as to display the remaining battery status of Dell Active pen in the taskbar.

The user has to enable the option Show Battery Status in taskbar in Dell Active Pen Control Panel

Reference the remaining power status of Dell Active Pen in Bluetooth & other devices in Settings > Devices.

Affected Products

Dell Active Pen - PN557W, Dell Active Pen - PN579X
Article Properties
Article Number: 000146215
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2024
Version:  6
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