Microsoft is preparing changes to its laptop battery charge indicators, which should be coming to future versions of Windows ...

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 ...

Sometimes, it takes a moment to notice the subtler elements of a phone’s software design – but that’s not always for the best reasons. Take One UI 7, for example. Samsung’s latest mobile operating ...

In the latest iOS 16 beta, Apple has updated the status bar battery icon on iPhones with Face ID to display the exact percentage remaining rather than just a visual representation of battery level, ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Other than the new Search button on the ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Microsoft is finally testing a way for you to quickly see how much battery your laptop has left — and with color-coded visual indicators, to boot. It’s an extremely welcome addition, which had been ...

Five years ago, Apple removed the battery percentage icon when it introduced the iPhone X. From there, we heard a lot about what were the reasons behind it. “It wouldn’t fit due to the notch,” or ...

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One of the new features introduced with iOS 16 was a new battery indicator with the percentage right on the status bar, which was a first for iPhone X and later. However, after multiple complaints, ...