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

[johan.perjus]

Or how much gas I have left. That is not a battery Icon. Mr. Ive!? Mr. Iiiiiiaaave!?

 

[cocky jeremy]

It's so comical. You glance at your battery and see 78, but can't figure out what charge it's at because the battery indicator is still full??? I guess the general public really is pretty dumb.

Exactly. The number tells you anything and everything you need to know. I wish they gave us the option to get rid of the little battery icon and just make the text bigger.

 

[patsfan83]

It's a good thing my 13P lasts for like 3 days, how will I ever survive.

 

[NMBob]

If they can do this then surely they can fit YouTube videos into the battery icon. Come on Apple! Innovate!

 

[darngooddesign]

It creates cognitive dissonance. “Wait, why does it look full when it’s only xy%? Is something broken?”

With the numbers I saw it as a battery icon, not the battery-level indicator.

 

[tripleburst]

The battery icon should have been clear with the % number solid and more prominent.

 

[DailySlow]

CAN WE PLZ get rid of this nonsense at EVERY message/conversation delete!!?? And a hearty WTF for good measure.

 

[DailySlow]

That indicator is so un-Apple like. It's a lil cartoonish to see as an Apple UI element.

True - looks so milleneum (windoz)

 

[DailySlow]

But the duplicate photos superpower though is the real (Jobsian) deal - would another company do this when 1900 duplicate photos and vids just bulks up the cloud I rent from them? Great stuff.

 

[Saturn1217]

Come on Macrumors! If you are going to report on this change please show us what the icon looks like at 50%?! That was the whole reason for the “full looking” icon to begin with.

Just very curious if this impacts readability of the percentage when the battery progress indicator intersects the numbers.

Also lol at this thread. Now we know why it took so long for Apple to do this. Can’t make everyone happy.

Edit: ok I found a pic. Looks pretty good. I like that the numbers are bigger.

I’ve only had an iPhone for the iOS 15 and 16 updates. I’ve been very happy with both!

Edit 2: for anyone else wondering (from:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1572283965972844544

)

 

[CarAnalogy]

Good…Good…Let the refinements flow. Now that Dynamic Island has shipped they can take time to finish the rest of the OS.

 

[Zaft]

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

Well I think those Apple engineers lost concentration working from home…

 

[marinersaptcomplex]

This is the most frustrating image I've ever seen. Even 75% would've told us what it looks like a bit better.

 

[Devin Breeding]

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

Me on an iPad, realizing I’ve never paid attention to the design of the battery interface, glances up to top right. Nods in agreement.

 

[Devin Breeding]

I like the clean interface without percentage personally. If it’s not red before dinner, I know I’ll make it to bettime charge. No use knowing the percentage really but more options for people to choose is better.

 

[AppleFan1998]

Yes, that % coming back is good. The tiny icon with the number has to be updated a bit, it can’t be read easily.

 

[MrRom92]

Thank you! So there IS a god!

 

[DanteHicks79]

Oh heeeeey look at that, guess it wasn't "impossible" to do... 🤔

 

[User 6502]

Is it only me that prefers just the percentage number without the changing graphic behind ?? Looks so much cleaner and easier to read, if I wanted the bar to go down I wouldn’t want the percentage number. Might be the only one with this opinion

Yeah it’s just you and a minority. Lost people complained about this terrible implementation, and rightly so.

 

[JosephAW]

Preferred the percentage next to battery.

 

[davidg4781]

What happens when the graphic falls in the middle of the number? Does the whole number change? Does it change where the background changes?

I can’t imagine that’ll look good either way.

 

[Jamo12]

Now for everyone who is obsessed over battery health, they should add a widget for the lockscreen.

I would do this but I have an Apple Watch and it won’t let me see the phones percentage on the Lock Screen, only the watch battery.

 

[scrapesleon]

About time I turned it off because it was showing always full

 

[bejib66000]

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

By this reasoning, any notification on the lock screen is completely useless. “Never found it difficult to open an app (iMessage e.g. ) to check incoming messages”.

 

[bejib66000]

Great. Now put the permanent silent mode indicator 🔕 on the screen (e.g. status bar) where it's supposed to be.