Probably this wasn’t possible in this early beta. Probably we see further refinements in the upcoming betas and the final.
You can not have it all in the beginning. It takes development effort.
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iOS 16 Beta 5: Battery Percentage Now Displayed in iPhone Status Bar
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You can not have it all in the beginning. It takes development effort.
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More of a reason to get the latest iPhone 14 now. Can't believe we're just a month away. Crazy!
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Also, can the percentage number be turned off? I know it's right there in the original article, but I don't really have time to read it.
Also, can the percentage number be turned off? I know it's right there in the original article, but I don't really have time to read it.
Wow... time flies.
Yeah one of the members provided a screenshot, it's an option thankfully.
Frankly, I am surprised this isn't an iPhone 14 Pro only exclusive feature because the new A16 Bionic Ultra Max Pro chip is the only smartphone CPU capable of such incredibly innovative UI performance due to its PercentEngine specialized AI cores that render this icon in real time.
Looks like the article was updated. It didn’t say that earlier.
True. This might be the reason it took them 5 years to backport it to older chipsets. Many thanks Apple for not forgetting older devices 😍
I don’t think it’s a hardware issue; the battery percentage was present from the 3GS to the 7/7 Plus or 8/8 Plus (can’t remember which was the last one) and the 3GS had exponentially less hardware than the most current iPhones
I don't get it. This has been on my phone for, like forever.
Maybe because I'm using iPhone 7s Plus? So the newer phones didn't have this?
Maybe because I'm using iPhone 7s Plus? So the newer phones didn't have this?
Was gone since iPhone X and models afterwards. On phones with Touch ID it’s been there the whole time.
From my current testing...it looks like it doesn't. I'm at 63% and it is solid black or white with the large number. I think the battery likely just turns yellow/red/green depending on the status and you can't "see" the percentage if you have the number enabled.
So far I actually find it kind of annoying and ugly, especially if you have a dark home wallpaper and open an app like mail, it calls way too much attention to itself being so large compared to the wifi/network icons. Should either be a smaller icon or filled in gray vs solid black.
Another way (if the situation allows) is to say “Hey Siri, battery”.
They didn’t say “on all notched devices” though.
it did take courage to remove Headphone jack, Samsung ran adds making fun of Apple, now they don't have it either.
Really glad the battery percentage is back, woohoo! As it^s a beta, there is hope thy will improve on it. Finding it pretty hard to with the green background (except when the app background is black, then it is much clearer to read. I’m pretty sure irs work in progress, so fingers crossed they can iron out the kinks.
…and one so-called “small” step becomes ten, then a hundred, then thousands over the entire OS. They need to simplify iOS and iPadOS, not keep continuously adding more nonsensical steps. First semester programming students should be taught to NEVER take away features unless they first do extensive surveys. Best way ever to piss off long time customers.
Battery life is so good on the mini that you just don’t need it.
(Mini owner here.)
That does sound like some on brand Apple BS they’d give us.