This week, Apple brought back one of the most requested features by iOS users since the release of the iPhone X in 2017: the ability to see your battery percentage directly in the status bar.
Ever since the release of the iPhone X with the notch, Apple has prevented users from showing their battery percentage directly in the status bar, forcing them to swipe down in the Control Center to look at their current battery level.
With the release of iOS 16 in just a few weeks, that will change. The fifth developer beta of iOS 16 includes a new toggle that allows users to always show their battery percentage in the status bar.
When low power mode is enabled, the battery glyph and percentage turn yellow, and when the battery is low, they turn red. When you charge your iPhone, it turns green. The battery percentage is visible in the status bar throughout the system, including on the lock screen.
All flagship iPhones since the iPhone X have had a notch, but not all iPhone customers with a notch will get this new feature.
Here is the list of iPhones that will get the ability to display the battery percentage directly in the status bar:
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone X
All other iPhones, including the smaller iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 11 and iPhone XR, do not have the battery percentage option. Since iOS 16 is still in beta testing, Apple may decide to expand the list to include other iPhones in the future, so we’ll have to wait and see.
While it’s not entirely clear why Apple chose to limit the availability of this feature, it could be due to space constraints on smaller displays.
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