Perhaps the biggest Apple news of the week is that the battery percentage icon is finally back in the iPhone’s status bar with the release of iOS 16 beta 5. While it’s been a surprisingly ...

If you’re enrolled in the developer beta, you can add the indicator to your status bar by opening the Settings menu and navigating to the Battery section. Once there, you’ll see a new toggle labeled ...

Apple is on the cusp of introducing a tiny change with an outsized impact on the quality of life of iPhone users everywhere who are tired of helplessly watching as the life trickles out of their ...

With the fifth beta of iOS 16, Apple has updated the battery icon on iPhones with Face ID to display the specific battery percentage rather than just a visual representation of battery level. The new ...

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Apple has responded to feedback and tweaked the design of the battery percentage icon in iOS 16.1 beta 2. With the release of iOS 16, users were happy to see Apple had added the ability to see the ...

The long-lost toggle "Battery Percentage" is finally returning this year, as Apple confirmed that it would be included in the iOS 16 developer beta. This icon was once ditched by the Cupertino giant ...

The iPhone's battery indicator icon is a handy way to keep tabs on how much of a charge you have. The only problem is that, by default, it's not a very precise instrument — more like a visual estimate ...

It’s been two days since Apple shocked the world by adding the battery indicator back to the iPhone status bar in the latest iOS beta, and people are only just starting to find their minds again. In ...

With today’s release of iOS 16.1 beta 2 for developers, Apple has changed the design for the coveted battery percentage in the status bar. The battery icon itself will no longer show as full, even ...

The new battery percentage icon that Apple introduced in the fifth developer beta of iOS 16 is still not available on the standard iPhone 11, iPhone XR, iPhone 12 mini, and iPhone 13 mini in the sixth ...