Apple makes the battery indicator better in new iOS 16.1 beta
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#63VS8)
This is the old version. The new one will fill in based on how much battery you have. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple's latest iOS 16.1 beta addresses a major complaint about the battery percentage indicator that was introduced with iOS 16: now, the battery icon will be filled in based on how much juice it actually has. The battery percentage still appears within the icon, which personally isn't my favorite design, but now the whole thing looks a lot closer to how it should have been from the start.
Here's an example of the revised indicator from a colleague running the newest iOS 16.1 beta. Users in the iOS beta subreddit shared examples as well.
The battery, at 76 percent, is mostly filled in.The improved indicator isn't the only battery status update. iOS 16.1 beta 2 can also show the battery percentage above the time on...