Apple's battery percentage icon has reportedly returned to the iPhone's status bar as part of a handful of changes in its fifth beta version of iOS 16. The percentage, which was moved to the iPhone's ...

Apple is on the cusp of introducing a tiny change with an outsized impact on the quality of life of iPhone users everywhere who are tired of helplessly watching as the life trickles out of their ...

The long-lost toggle "Battery Percentage" is finally returning this year, as Apple confirmed that it would be included in the iOS 16 developer beta. This icon was once ditched by the Cupertino giant ...

Apple has responded to feedback and tweaked the design of the battery percentage icon in iOS 16.1 beta 2. With the release of iOS 16, users were happy to see Apple had added the ability to see the ...

It’s been two days since Apple shocked the world by adding the battery indicator back to the iPhone status bar in the latest iOS beta, and people are only just starting to find their minds again. In ...

Perhaps the biggest Apple news of the week is that the battery percentage icon is finally back in the iPhone’s status bar with the release of iOS 16 beta 5. While it’s been a surprisingly ...

In years past, you could toggle on a setting that showed the exact percentage of battery life your iPhone had left. The percentage appeared right next to the battery icon — which, by default, just had ...

If you’re enrolled in the developer beta, you can add the indicator to your status bar by opening the Settings menu and navigating to the Battery section. Once there, you’ll see a new toggle labeled ...

How low can you go before the panic sets in? That uneasy feeling when your phone battery starts to dip might come sooner than you think. Thirty-eight percent is the average “panic percentage” for ...

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