What you need is a 3rd party utility to get hold of this extra information for you, and like most things, there are a few around to help get hold of it. A lot of laptop batteries actually have a more information to offer than Windows decides to give you, so it’s there but you can’t get at it. Windows can’t give you any idea why your battery isn’t holding a charge for very long, or if it’s starting to show signs of wear. That might be enough for most people, but sometimes it’s useful to have a bit more information than that.

You might also get the battery model and manufacturer if you’re lucky. Other than that, the laptop battery status and detailed information is pretty much non existent.

The most you will usually get is an icon in the system tray, a charge percentage and a time remaining before it discharges completely. The battery in your laptop might be an important component that makes your computer tick while it’s not plugged in, but Windows doesn’t exactly give you much information about it.