{"id":29627,"date":"2022-09-23T00:29:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T00:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/the-iphones-new-battery-icon-was-so-bad-apple-already-fixed-it-in-ios-16-1.html"},"modified":"2022-09-23T00:29:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T00:29:59","slug":"the-iphones-new-battery-icon-was-so-bad-apple-already-fixed-it-in-ios-16-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/the-iphones-new-battery-icon-was-so-bad-apple-already-fixed-it-in-ios-16-1.html","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone’s New Battery Icon Was So Bad, Apple Already Fixed It in iOS 16.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022<\/span>, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. <\/p>\n

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Apple nixed the battery percentage from the\u00a0iPhone’s<\/span>\u00a0status bar with the release of the iPhone X back in 2017. The company needed to make room for various sensors — \u00a0infrared camera, proximity sensor, microphone, etc. — in the new minimized notch, and so it got rid of it.<\/p>\n

And now it’s back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Apple reintroduced the battery percentage to the status bar, albeit redesigned, with the release of iOS 16<\/span>, which you can download right now<\/span>. Many, including myself, are happy about the resurrected battery indicator, but others are less pleased. Some are upset because they won’t be receiving the battery icon on their phone, even if they update to iOS 16. Others are disappointed<\/a>\u00a0because they feel Apple could have done more to make the icon useful.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/strong>:\u00a0iOS 16 Won’t Run on Every iPhone. Will It Work on Yours?<\/span><\/p>\n

And it turns out that Apple has been listening to its users. Apple has released a couple of\u00a0iOS 16.1<\/span>\u00a0developer betas since the release of iOS 16, and both updates address the two major complaints about the new battery icon: support and design.<\/p>\n

Here’s what you need to know.<\/p>\n

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What’s the deal with the battery status meter on the iPhone?
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iPhones used to include the exact percentage of your battery right in the status bar. But after the release of the iPhone X, which introduced the notch<\/span> — the black bar at the top of your device that houses a speaker and camera — there wasn’t enough screen real estate left to keep the battery percentage in the status bar, so Apple nixed the feature.<\/p>\n

Sure, you can swipe down from the top right of your iPhone<\/span> to view the exact percentage in the Control Center, but that means you can’t glance at the battery percentage from within any<\/em> app or from the home screen. And it’s nearly impossible to gauge the exact percentage from just the battery icon, which is not good if your iPhone is close to dying.<\/p>\n

iOS 16 reintroduces the battery percentage number back in the status bar, inside of the existing battery icon.<\/p>\n

Which iPhone models won’t get the battery percentage feature back?<\/h2>\n

Not all iPhone users with iOS 16 will see the new battery percentage feature in the status bar, which is frustrating for some. Although there hasn’t been an official statement as to why certain models are excluded from the feature, it seems to be because of lower pixel density for some of the devices, and lack of space for others.<\/p>\n

According to this Apple support page<\/a>, the following models don’t support the feature:<\/p>\n