The clip comes from Baidu YiOS, the mobile system software used on phones in China, where system alerts like the low battery warning were short, distinct tones tied to specific device states. It later circulated online as a standalone phone sound and was included in mobile device low battery and charging sound compilations. Creators keep reusing it because it is not tied to one current phone brand, so it works as a generic dying battery cue in edits, memes and soundboard collections without needing any explanation.
About this sound
The Baidu YiOS low battery sound effect, a short alert tone from mobile devices warning of low charge, used in tech edits and fake phone pranks.
This is the low battery alert from Baidu YiOS, a brief three second electronic warning that plays when a phone is about to run out of power. It has a clean, synthetic chime quality, urgent without being harsh, instantly recognisable as a device asking to be charged. Heard outside a real phone context it creates immediate tension and comedy, because viewers instinctively check their own battery and expect whatever is on screen to shut down, fail or give up at exactly the wrong moment.