Apple fixed the iPhone's broken battery percentage in iOS 16.1 - Inverse

For specified a insignificant feature, the battery percent indicator successful iOS 16 for iPhone has caused rather a commotion. While the diagnostic was met with celebration, the UI plan was not.

If you haven’t been keeping up with the drama, the contented progressive however the artillery icon looked pre-iOS 16.1. Long communicative short: the artillery indicator appeared full, with a low-contrast fig representing the artillery percentage, adjacent erstwhile an iPhone wasn’t astatine 100 percent.

With Monday’s merchandise of iOS 16.1 (alongside iPadOS 16.1 and macOS Ventura), Apple fixed the UI flaw truthful that the artillery icon depletes on with the fig percentage. This is wherefore feedback during beta periods is truthful important — Apple doesn’t ever get it close and it can close mistakes.

It each started with the notch

The instauration of the iPhone X was the large motivator for changing however Apple displayed artillery life. While earlier you could toggle the artillery percent diagnostic successful the Settings app, iPhone models with notches from the iPhone X (and later) had to marque bash with having their artillery beingness displayed successful Control Center.

That each changed successful iOS 16, which alongside a customizable fastener screen, besides brought backmost the artillery percent indicator successful the presumption bar. The confusion, of course, was purely visual. If your iPhone is astatine 20 percent, wherefore is the artillery icon full?

Fortunately, each is fixed successful iOS 16.1 and the artillery graphic present visually matches the artillery percentage, conscionable similar it utilized to.

More supported iPhones

In iOS 16, the artillery percent indicator was lone disposable for prime iPhones. iOS 16.1 adds the mounting to the iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 mini, and iPhone 13 mini.

Here’s the afloat database of iPhones that tin show the artillery percent indicator:

• iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max
• iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max
• iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max
• iPhone XR
• iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max
• iPhone X

How to amusement your iPhone’s artillery percentage

Enabling artillery percent is ace simple:

• Open the Settings app, past spell to Battery
• Toggle the Battery Percentage toggle to ON

From determination the artillery percent should show everywhere, including successful the Control Center.

How to adhd a artillery widget to your fastener screen

Additionally, you tin besides show your iPhone’s artillery beingness successful a fastener surface widget. The iOS 16 artillery lock surface widget displays the artillery beingness of connected devices by default (AirPods, Apple Watch, etc.) but with a fewer tweaks, it tin besides show your iPhone’s battery.

Here’s however to get it acceptable up:

• Long property connected your fastener screen
• Tap the “Customize” fastener nether the fastener surface you privation to adhd the widget to, past prime your fastener surface erstwhile prompted
• Tap the container nether the existent clip to propulsion up the widget menu
• Drag the artillery widget to the container (it has a tiny greenish artillery icon adjacent to it)

• Double pat the widget, toggle “Automatic” to OFF and marque definite your telephone is selected successful Devices.

Now you should person a dedicated fastener surface widget that shows your iPhone’s artillery astatine a glance. It’s cleanable if you’ve got an iPhone 14 Pro with an always-on show oregon similar a larger widget to the tiny artillery percent icon successful the corner.