elementary / elementary/panel-power

Also show power level bluetooth headphones

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Description

## Prerequisites
- [x] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates.

## Feature
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**

I love how the indicator shows me the power levels of my bluetooth devices.
But, it never includes my bluetooth headphones/headsets even when they are also connected:

**Describe the solution you'd like**
I'd love for these devices to also be included.

**Existing work**
Android is able to read out their power levels:

**Describe alternatives you've considered**

**Additional context**
Looking through the code it depends on dbus & Upower. Looking there I see that the bluetooth devices aren't listed.

![Screenshot from 2020-07-26 00-08-09@2x](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/523210/88467224-01191b80-ced5-11ea-82d2-3f496cae6591.png)
Some devices like the MX Keys also seem to have a `org.bluez.battery1` interface

While the headphones don't have that interface:

Relevant Stack overflow question with some interesting answers:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/52899481/1544200

https://github.com/wangrunz/BluetoothMonitor#battery-level-for-bluetooth-headsets-support-handsfree-profile

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