LIVESCRIBE 3/WIFI/ECHO/PULSE - Hours of smartpen battery use before charging

How many hours can I use the smartpen before I need to charge the smartpen battery?

Below are the hours of battery life for a new fully charged smartpen.  A full charge requires up to 2.5 hours docked to the charging cable.  

Livescribe 3 Smartpens 

  • You can capture text for approximately 14 hours of active writing with Bluetooth on. 

Livescribe WiFi  Wireless Smartpens

WiFi On: 

  • You can capture text for approximately 5 hours.
  • You can record audio (without text) for approximately 4 hours (depending on the audio compression/quality setting).
  • You can record audio and text for approximately 3.5 hours (depending on the audio compression/quality setting).
  • You can play back recorded audio from the smartpen speaker at full volume for approximately 2.5 hours. 

WiFi Off: 

  • You can capture text for approximately 6 hours.
  • You can record audio (without text) for approximately 11 hours (depending on the audio compression/quality setting).
  • You can record audio and text for approximately 5.5 hours (depending on the audio compression/quality setting).
  • You can play back recorded audio from the smartpen speaker at full volume for approximately 5 hours. 

NOTE: We expect future smartpen firmware updates to further enhance the Livescribe wifi smartpen battery performance.  

To change your WiFi setting, please see 20365 - Turning WiFi for Livescribe wifi smartpen on or off

Echo and Pulse Wired Smartpens

  • You can capture text for approximately 6.5 hours.
  • You can record audio (without text) for approximately 7.5 hours (depending on the audio compression/quality setting).
  • You can record audio and text for approximately 4.5 hours (depending on the audio compression/quality setting).
  • You can play back recorded audio from the smartpen speaker at full volume for approximately 3.5 hours. 

NOTE for all smartpens: If you turn your smartpen on but do not use it to record or take notes it will turn itself off after one hour in order to conserve battery power.  As a notification, the smartpen will make a warning sound a few seconds before powering down.  To change the Auto Off time, please see 20307 - Smartpen Settings menu.

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