Is there a battery level feature on the 66i, other than the battery icon atop the display?

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joha111 over 4 years ago +1 verified

...or you can download one of the "battery widgets" from apps.garmin.com/.../apps. After installing you get a wonderful battery"meter" by quick-cliking the powerbutton and then press the right…
Simon over 4 years ago in reply to joha111 +1

This is amazing. You actually have to download an app to see the battery level of a device used for emergencies ^^ It's cool that there is a workaround though. Thanks for the input!
JCP over 4 years ago in reply to joha111 +1

I was not able to locate any battery widget compatible with the 66i on that site. Am I missing something. The only ones I can find are Data Fields which do not provide enough information other that battery…

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Not during field use. At present, the only place you can see the actual battery level as a percentage is on the "charging screen". You can only see this when the device is actively charging AND you turn the device off.

0 CowboySlim over 4 years ago in reply to twolpert

https://www.gpsrchive.com/GPSMAP/GPSMAP%2066/index.htm

0 Polukoff over 4 years ago in reply to twolpert

Thank you.

+1 joha111 over 4 years ago

...or you can download one of the "battery widgets" from apps.garmin.com/.../apps. After installing you get a wonderful battery"meter" by quick-cliking the powerbutton and then press the right arrow on the rocker. By the way - this is the way to open all sorts of widgets, for example a grid-reference widget, very handy….

0 Polukoff over 4 years ago in reply to joha111

Right On! Thank you. I will check out Apps!

0 joha111 over 4 years ago

...the one I use is called Battery Widget...

0 Simon over 4 years ago in reply to joha111

This is amazing. You actually have to download an app to see the battery level of a device used for emergencies ^^ It's cool that there is a workaround though. Thanks for the input!

0 twolpert over 4 years ago

You can also place a battery level field on any screen which has customizable field content. However, this is just a larger version of the "analog" battery icon in the status bar. It still does not show the actual percentage.

Do note that the bar changes color at low levels. I don't know the level at which a color change occurs. You also get a pop-up text warning of low battery level.

As an aside, the use of CIQ widgets is a widely accepted approach to extending the functionality of Garmin devices.

0 JCP over 4 years ago in reply to joha111

I was not able to locate any battery widget compatible with the 66i on that site. Am I missing something. The only ones I can find are Data Fields which do not provide enough information other that battery %. Thanks

0 twolpert over 4 years ago in reply to JCP

apps.garmin.com/.../ca654b94-b219-433c-a00a-2f93e0c5ded5