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Latest iOS 16.1 Beta Tweaks Battery Status Bar to Show Visual Charge Level
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Losing their attention to details…why was this not implemented from the start. Also the fonts you able to pick for the home screen is so not Apple.
I don’t like the 16.1 change
It always looking full while showing the actual percent is much more psychologically satisfying.
It always looking full while showing the actual percent is much more psychologically satisfying.
Indeed it is a word to express my happiness about it. I also think it's brilliant because of where we have been since iPhone X.
Whether we expect it or not, we can still think something is brilliant.
Exactly what this does is misleading. They said with the introduction of M2 Macbook Air they wanted an “honest” design. No need for tricks to make something look thinner. This is far from honest and true design.
There's no point. It literally tells you the exact level already.
Think of the numerically illiterate people!
Tried the percentages in the battery icon. (12) Ugly as sin. Plus my battery turned deep red when it got low. Even uglier. I shut that off and reverting to plain graphic battery. And just ask Siri for battery percentage.
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.
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.
Article Link: Latest iOS 16.1 Beta Tweaks Battery Status Bar to Show Visual Charge Level
I have to say after 4 years of having to relay on visual approximation when lookin at battery indicator on my XS Max (unless you swipe down from control centre) I can tell the exact battery percentage (+/- 1%) after just eyeballing the indicator for a split second. When I upgraded to iOS 16 I felt so disoriented when my battery was 20% but visually looked full that I turned it off.
From design perspective I believe that a visualisation has a quicker time-to-insight ratio than having to read a number and it also reduces cognitive load. If they will release this new battery indicator design also on iPad and Mac it will further reduce cognitive load when you context-switch between devices as you won’t have to adjust the way you read the battery on a given device.
From design perspective I believe that a visualisation has a quicker time-to-insight ratio than having to read a number and it also reduces cognitive load. If they will release this new battery indicator design also on iPad and Mac it will further reduce cognitive load when you context-switch between devices as you won’t have to adjust the way you read the battery on a given device.
This shows that they listen to feedback. Perhaps also due to quite a bit of media coverage.
Me, too, which is why I gave them that feedback with the public beta. Glad to see they followed through. 👍🏻
It probably makes sense in all the right ways to change it like this, but I kinda liked seeing the battery "pretend-full" at a quick glance. Made me think less about the status, which is almost always of non-concern for me but keeps nagging in my mind.
I'm not saying that I'm making much sense here
I'm not saying that I'm making much sense here
It creates cognitive dissonance. “Wait, why does it look full when it’s only xy%? Is something broken?”