Setting your alerts and thresholds
Which notifications exist, how to pick a threshold that actually helps, and why the reminder matters more than the first alert.
Updated August 7, 2026 · Settings
The four notifications
They appear at the bottom right of the screen, in the same spirit as Steam's, without taking over what you are doing.
- Connection: the device is recognised, with its current level. Useful at the start of a session: you know where you stand before you launch anything.
- Low battery: fires at your threshold, with an estimate of the runtime left.
- Reminder: repeats periodically below the threshold, if you enable it.
- Charge complete: you can unplug.
Choosing your threshold
The alert can fire at 10, 15, 20 or 30%. The right value depends on how long your sessions run, not on the device:
- 10%: short sessions, with a charging cable within arm's reach.
- 15 or 20%, the sensible default for most people: enough runway to finish a match and plug in between two.
- 30%: long sessions, ranked play, or anything you really do not want interrupted.
Why the reminder does the real work
The first alert arrives at the worst possible moment: mid-match, when you cannot act on it. You see it, you think "later", and later never comes.
The reminder catches you between two rounds, which is when plugging in costs nothing. If you only enable one thing beyond the defaults, enable this.
The runtime estimate
The alert shows an estimate of the time left, not just a percentage. This is deliberate: twenty percent means nothing on its own, whereas twenty percent equals forty minutes tells you whether to start another round.
Treat it as an order of magnitude. Consumption varies a lot: a DualSense with haptics and adaptive triggers running drains far faster than the same controller sitting in a menu, and the estimate follows those swings.
Colour rather than numbers
Between two alerts, the taskbar icon already tells you what you need: green when there is plenty left, orange as it drops, red when it is about to go. You catch the colour without looking, and read the number only when you actually have a decision to make.
Which is the whole point of the app: you should never have to open it.