Latest iOS 16.1 Beta Tweaks Battery Status Bar to Show Visual Charge Level

[MacRumors]

Apple today released the second beta of iOS 16.1, introducing further tweaks to the battery percentage indicator that is located in the status bar.

With today's beta, the battery level of the icon depletes as the battery depletes, providing a better visual indication of what battery level is at alongside the percentage.

If the percentage feature is enabled, you will now see the charge number as well as battery indicator that fills or depletes based on your current charge level. Prior to the latest beta, the battery indicator in the status bar showed percent, but the battery level was static, making it sometimes difficult to determine the iPhone's charge at a glance.

Battery percent was not present on iPhones that have ‌‌Face ID‌‌ in iOS 15 because of the lack of space on either side of the notch that houses the TrueDepth camera hardware, but Apple's updated ‌iOS 16‌ design added the specific battery level to the battery icon, with iOS 16.1 adding further tweaks. The iOS 16.1 beta also brings the battery percentage to the iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone XR, and iPhone 11, devices that do not support it in iOS 16.

Apple with the second beta has additionally tweaked the charging indicator on the Lock Screen. When plugging an iPhone into a Lightning cable or Qi-based wireless charger, it will now show the battery percent briefly above the time. iPhone 14 Pro models have a battery status indicator in the Dynamic Island as well.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1572279183040020481

There will be several more rounds of beta testing before iOS 16.1 sees a public release, but there is a public beta available for non-developers to test. The next public beta should be coming soon with the updated battery status bar icon.



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[Saladin12]

Brilliant! What does this look like once it falls below the level covering the numbers?

 

[Kissmo1980]

I love it when Apple reinvents what it already killed. hmmm... cough ... magsafe.....

 

[NARadyk]

I don’t understand why this wasn’t the case to begin with but as they say, better late than never.

 

[jooish]

Nice! That's exactly what I was originally hoping for.

 

[Beatrix Kiddo]

Grabs popcorn!

 

[robinp]

Great. I might actually use this.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Nice! It's definitely getting better. I love this!

 

[Reeneman]

It took more weeks of additional development time. Nice achievement.
• All Face ID phones will get the feature
• Dynamically updating

Sweet stuff!

 

[macsplusmacs]

When it drops to 20% does that mean its sexy time?

 

[PeterFitch]

„…at a glance“! Here is a pro tip: the next time you glance, don’t glance at the battery pictogram in the background but the number in the foreground. Has done wonders for me.

 

[ant the ninja]

Great, now give us the option to revert to the old lock screen for notifications! (List view does nothing.)

 

[fwmireault]

One less controversy in the small Apple community

 

[ghostface147]

I guess I don’t mind the way it is now.

 

[surfsofa]

1:49 is the new 9:41

 

[JGIGS]

Never found it difficult to find the battery %. Quick swipe down from the top right never seemed too strenuous but eh seemed really inconvenient to others for whatever reason.

 

[LoveTo]

Create problems and then solve them to become the hero.
Reminds me of that villain from megamind 😄😄

 

[Baywatchboy]

Never found it difficult to find the battery %. Quick swipe down from the top right never seemed too strenuous but eh seemed really inconvenient to others for whatever reason.

Agreed. What I really like though is how it is on an iPad.

 

[oofio2461]

Why wasn't this on iOS 16.0, and why add support for the battery icon later for older iPhones in .1? Was Apple really not happy with how it turned out?

 

[hunter_a]

From purely visual standpoint, I actually kinda like the way it looks now but I can see how it can bug some people. Probably won’t be able to resist updating though as 16.1 will also feature the annoying paste pop-up fix.

 

[User 6502]

Never found it difficult to find the battery %. Quick swipe down from the top right never seemed too strenuous but eh seemed really inconvenient to others for whatever reason.

By this reasoning the always on display is completely useless. “Never found it difficult to tap the screen to see the clock”.

 

[JM]

HALLELUYERR!

I may even use it now. It should have been this way from the beginning, and I wonder if all the helpful designs we presented in the forums helped.

 

[Duel]

I tried battery percentage for one minute and disabled it, i just like more clean look without any numbers showing. And i don’t care to know all the time how much battery i have left.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Looks like I'm updating from 15.7 when 16.1 hits public release...

 

[1557750]

Still have mine off. Don’t really see a need to obsess over every percent. But I’m sure many will be happy about this.

Sooo… cool! 👊😎👍