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Question: How to show battery percentage on iPhone 12

The new iPhone 12 doesn't have the options to show the battery percentage inside the battery icon all the time like the iPad has.

control centre shows the percentage but I need to use a swipe down to see that

is there a way to enable battery percentage inside the battery icon so that I can see it all the time.

This is how iPad shows percentage of the battery.

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iPhone 12, iOS 14

Posted on Jan 10, 2021 2:50 AM

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Just swipe down from the top-right corner of your display. On iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 8 or earlier, iPad, and iPod touch (7th generation), you can see the battery percentage in the status bar. Go to Settings > Battery and turn on Battery Percentage.

Show the battery percentage on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod ...

Posted on Jan 10, 2021 2:52 AM

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Feb 3, 2021 7:23 AM in response to shashank31 In response to shashank31

I just cannot believe that my new iPhone cannot show the battery percentage on the top right just like my other phones. Oh there is a widget but it's huge you have to take 4 off your most used widgets to install it on the home page. This is without doubt the best phone Apple does at the moment but not having the option of the battery percentage showing on the top just like the older models is a let down. The widget would be OK if it was not so huge and the need to remove 4 normal widgets to make room for it is a real pain. Come on Apple please sort it either give us the top option as before or make the widget a normal size, just upgraded to the 12 mini (great phone and size) but this is a let down.

Please sort it in the next software update ,, Please

Feb 3, 2021 7:23 AM

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Feb 4, 2021 12:22 AM in response to pr1uk In response to pr1uk

It seems the loss of the battery percentage is due to the software upgrade, WHY, now we have to use a huge widget and it's pain, why not give us an option to remove the silly battery on the top right and just have the battery percentage. I could never see the point of that battery indicator anyway but a nice battery indicator in percentages would be useful. Are other a little peeved that the battery percentage is no longer available on the phone all the time and using the huge widget is no substitute, I know I was not happy having to remove 4 widgets from my homepage just to have a battery indicator when it was always on the top right

Feb 4, 2021 12:22 AM

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Jan 14, 2021 11:03 PM in response to user0197 In response to user0197

Yes I have the widget I still wanna see it in the Battery icon. The issue with widget is that I can't keep it in the Lock Screen. When I am charging my iPhone I wanna be able to see the percentage in the battery icon. I can just click on the power button and not unlock the phone to check the battery percentage. The drop down is one option but that still adds one step to the process.

the main reason is iPhone 12 has a notch because of which there is no space to showcase battery percentage like it is shown in the image I shared.

Jan 14, 2021 11:03 PM

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Jan 10, 2021 2:52 AM in response to shashank31 In response to shashank31

Just swipe down from the top-right corner of your display. On iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 8 or earlier, iPad, and iPod touch (7th generation), you can see the battery percentage in the status bar. Go to Settings > Battery and turn on Battery Percentage.

Show the battery percentage on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod ...

Jan 10, 2021 2:52 AM

Jan 14, 2021 8:36 AM in response to shashank31 In response to shashank31

You can add the square battery widget to your home screen. That will show the percentage in large letters, you can put it in the up right corner so it's near the battery icon.

Jan 14, 2021 8:36 AM

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Jan 14, 2021 11:03 PM in response to user0197 In response to user0197

Yes I have the widget I still wanna see it in the Battery icon. The issue with widget is that I can't keep it in the Lock Screen. When I am charging my iPhone I wanna be able to see the percentage in the battery icon. I can just click on the power button and not unlock the phone to check the battery percentage. The drop down is one option but that still adds one step to the process.

the main reason is iPhone 12 has a notch because of which there is no space to showcase battery percentage like it is shown in the image I shared.

Jan 14, 2021 11:03 PM

Jan 15, 2021 2:52 AM in response to shashank31 In response to shashank31

Well there is not much to do about that though.

Two other things that come to mind are:

The percentage is displayed on the lock screen briefly where the date usually is.

You can put the battery widget onto the today view (you will have to make sure it is enabled from FaceID & Passcode Settings to be accessible when the device is locked) and then swipe right to see the widget.

Sorry but there is no other option to display it. It's just how things are right now.

Jan 15, 2021 2:52 AM

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Feb 3, 2021 7:23 AM in response to shashank31 In response to shashank31

I just cannot believe that my new iPhone cannot show the battery percentage on the top right just like my other phones. Oh there is a widget but it's huge you have to take 4 off your most used widgets to install it on the home page. This is without doubt the best phone Apple does at the moment but not having the option of the battery percentage showing on the top just like the older models is a let down. The widget would be OK if it was not so huge and the need to remove 4 normal widgets to make room for it is a real pain. Come on Apple please sort it either give us the top option as before or make the widget a normal size, just upgraded to the 12 mini (great phone and size) but this is a let down.

Please sort it in the next software update ,, Please

Feb 3, 2021 7:23 AM

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Feb 4, 2021 12:22 AM in response to pr1uk In response to pr1uk

It seems the loss of the battery percentage is due to the software upgrade, WHY, now we have to use a huge widget and it's pain, why not give us an option to remove the silly battery on the top right and just have the battery percentage. I could never see the point of that battery indicator anyway but a nice battery indicator in percentages would be useful. Are other a little peeved that the battery percentage is no longer available on the phone all the time and using the huge widget is no substitute, I know I was not happy having to remove 4 widgets from my homepage just to have a battery indicator when it was always on the top right

Feb 4, 2021 12:22 AM

Feb 19, 2021 11:08 AM in response to pr1uk In response to pr1uk

I would LOVE to have the option of either the battery image or a percentage! That seems like a great compromise, I miss having my percentage always there

Feb 19, 2021 11:08 AM

Feb 19, 2021 11:44 PM in response to StacyLP In response to StacyLP

"battery image or a percentage! "

Always found the battery icon to be of no use other than to show there is a battery inside, if Apple could replace that with the battery percentage now the would be useful. We are all used to seeing the battery percentage on the top of the iPhone it was a surprise to me when that option went and we were made to use a bloody huge battery percentage widget that's needed but looks so out of place on the home screen.

Come on Apple fix this in an upgrade soon please, let's see the percentage on the top every time we use our phone and not have to use that huge widget.

Feb 19, 2021 11:44 PM

Feb 25, 2021 7:50 PM in response to pr1uk In response to pr1uk

Moved from android to apple. Phone runs great and reliable, but the customization and widget options are sad. takes allot of the fun out of having a $1k toy.

Feb 25, 2021 7:50 PM

Feb 25, 2021 10:34 PM in response to Clamneck In response to Clamneck

If Apple are listening to their users I think that unless battery icon will go and we will get back the battery percentage on the top of our phones where it belongs. Come on Apple give us the percentage back on the top of our phones and get rid of the bloody wastefully huge screen widget that looks out of place anyway.

percentage instead of the silly battery Icon

"who's with me"

Feb 25, 2021 10:34 PM

Mar 7, 2021 8:21 AM in response to pr1uk In response to pr1uk

Wow this is such a small thing to apple but a huge thing to its users( including me)!

Big miss by apple and something that really makes me miss my old phone!

dear apple; please give us the little things we want!

Mar 7, 2021 8:21 AM

Mar 7, 2021 5:48 PM in response to atweimer In response to atweimer

Both my husband and I got the iPhone 12 today and have been searching for the battery percentage. One of the first things we did when we got the new phones. Definitely a miss. Please bring the percentage back.

Mar 7, 2021 5:48 PM

Mar 7, 2021 5:54 PM in response to shashank31 In response to shashank31

This is how Apple designed the OS for iPhones with full screens since the iPhone X, the notch at the top for Face ID leaves the sides with less space to display extra info system-wide. You can, like what others said, use the widget or simply swipe down from the top right edge, but otherwise, there is no other solution, because this is how Apple designed iOS. Probably hope that iOS 15 has something new related to this.

Mar 7, 2021 5:54 PM

Mar 8, 2021 2:27 AM in response to superstanley31 In response to superstanley31

Yes I see there is less room but the room taken up by the to me unless battery icon could be used for the battery "percentage" something I think most iPhone user miss. As for the widget you have to lose 4 of your icon to make room for the huge battery widget which to me looks out of place.

No I believe most of use would welcome the battery percentage back on the top instead of a battery icon

Mar 8, 2021 2:27 AM

Mar 14, 2021 11:45 PM in response to StacyLP In response to StacyLP

Just had an update and the first thing I did was to go to battery but no change I was hoping the percentage was there again and we could replace the useless battery image with that top bar battery percentage again.

I have the 12 mini the first upgrade since the original SE, it's not as small as the lovely SE but a good compromise and as small as we will ever get now. Its a great phone but I really do hate not having the percentage on the top bar all the time and really really hate that huge percentage midget

Mar 14, 2021 11:45 PM

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