With iOS 16 comes a new battery icon, but many believe it could improve its design.
The fifth beta of iOS 16 brought us something new that no one expected: a new battery icon that displays the remaining percentage. It’s a function that iOS lost when the iPhone X was introduced and that it hasn’t been available on any iPhone with a notch since then. However, this icon caused a stir due to how it works.
The iOS 16 battery icon, when it shows how much battery we have left, displays with full battery. That is, instead of the battery draining as before, it always appears “full” with the number.
This is what the new iOS 16 battery percentage indicator looks like
The new icon appears in white and only when the percentage reaches 20% or less, one-fifth of the battery icon turns red and the rest of the icon becomes semi-transparent. At this time, the number indicating the percentage is empty. And many believe it can be improved.
This might improve the battery icon in iOS 16
Many users noticed this strange behavior and showed ideas on how Apple could improve the battery icon. And the truth is that it could happen, because we are in full development of the iOS 16 beta and a lot of things could change.
Mikael Johansson showed a few alternatives that Apple could include, all of which were very successful. Although if it were up to me, Alternative A is the one I would most like to seeoption C being the most similar to the one designed by Apple.
Nothing wrong with what Apple posted, but I think I might have preferred something like alternative A for the battery indicator pic.twitter.com/a44879RIFk
— Mikael Johansson (@michaelnevernot) August 10, 2022
Also user Brian Michel showed in an animation of what the new icon might look likealthough in this case you may have to consider the wallpaper, which always appears black.
Just recreate the battery indicator pic.twitter.com/cK8PZDe9Y5
— Brian Michel (@brianmichel) August 9, 2022
We’ll see if Apple puts a twist on the design in future iOS 16 betas. just as it happened, it could drastically change. We will have to wait for the next iOS 16 beta to see whether or not we find anything new in this new iPhone battery icon.
