diff --git a/Client/CrossPlatformGUI.cpp b/Client/CrossPlatformGUI.cpp
index 993d9a85..b5b08e4d 100644
--- a/Client/CrossPlatformGUI.cpp
+++ b/Client/CrossPlatformGUI.cpp
@@ -241,7 +241,26 @@ void CrossPlatformGUI::_pumpConnectionState()
 	if (!this->_pollFuture.valid() && ++this->_pollCounter >= DYNAMIC_POLL_FRAMES)
 	{
 		this->_pollCounter = 0;
-		this->_pollFuture.setFromAsync([this]() { this->_headphones.requestAmbientState(); });
+
+		// Battery is otherwise read once, in the post-connect phase, and never again: the header keeps
+		// showing the level from the moment you connected for as long as the app stays open. Refresh it
+		// on the same worker, on its own slower schedule.
+		bool withBattery = false;
+		this->_batteryPollCounter += DYNAMIC_POLL_FRAMES;
+		if (this->_isV2() && this->_batteryPollCounter >= BATTERY_POLL_FRAMES)
+		{
+			this->_batteryPollCounter = 0;
+			withBattery = true;
+		}
+
+		this->_pollFuture.setFromAsync([this, withBattery]() {
+			this->_headphones.requestAmbientState();
+			// Best effort: a device that doesn't answer the battery inquiry must not kill the poll.
+			if (withBattery)
+			{
+				try { this->_headphones.requestBattery(); } catch (const std::exception&) {}
+			}
+		});
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/Client/CrossPlatformGUI.h b/Client/CrossPlatformGUI.h
index f396939f..f4a3d5b3 100644
--- a/Client/CrossPlatformGUI.h
+++ b/Client/CrossPlatformGUI.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ const auto WINDOW_COLOR = ImVec4(0.09f, 0.09f, 0.11f, 1.00f);
 
 // Physical-button changes (ASM) are polled roughly every two seconds so the app stays in sync.
 constexpr auto DYNAMIC_POLL_FRAMES = FPS * 2;
+// Battery moves slowly and each read costs a round trip, so it rides along with the ambient poll on a
+// much slower schedule instead of getting a request of its own.
+constexpr auto BATTERY_POLL_FRAMES = FPS * 30;
 
 class CrossPlatformGUI
 {
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ class CrossPlatformGUI
 	bool _synced = false;
 	bool _probed = false;
 	int _pollCounter = 0;
+	int _batteryPollCounter = 0;
 
 	// UI state, synced from the device once after connect; user edits are pushed back to the headphones.
 	bool _uiAsmOn = false;