From 41fdcaff5cab258b87e48b6742a9a643c0458373 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lee-js Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 13:57:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update track_battery_level.markdown (#878) --- source/_cookbook/track_battery_level.markdown | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/_cookbook/track_battery_level.markdown b/source/_cookbook/track_battery_level.markdown index 3c995af7d7c..f7722a639dd 100644 --- a/source/_cookbook/track_battery_level.markdown +++ b/source/_cookbook/track_battery_level.markdown @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ footer: true ha_category: Automation Examples --- -The [iCloud](/components/device_tracker.icloud/) is gathering various details about your device including the battery level. To display it in the Frontend use a [template sensor](/components/sensor.template/). +iOS Devices + +If you have a device running iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc), The [iCloud](/components/device_tracker.icloud/) is gathering various details about your device including the battery level. To display it in the Frontend use a [template sensor](/components/sensor.template/). ```yaml - platform: template @@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ The [iCloud](/components/device_tracker.icloud/) is gathering various details ab The `else` part is used to have the sensor keep it's last state if the newest [iCloud](/components/device_tracker.icloud/) update doesn't have any battery state in it (which happens sometimes). Otherwise the sensor will be blank. +Android and iOS Devices + While running the [Owntracks](/components/device_tracker.owntracks/) device tracker you can retrieve the battery level with a MQTT sensor. ```yaml