Viewing of phone’s battery percentage
Nowadays, smartphones have a graphic representation of the battery on the upper right corner, but there may be some differences in how the battery information is displayed. The same case applies to different IPhone models, meaning users experience varying displays depending on the iPhone’s version.
Suppose you have upgraded from the older iPhone models to the latest models like the iPhone XR. In that case, you must have noted that there are some redesigns, especially when it comes to the screen which goes end-to-end and top-to-bottom and the new design for the front-facing camera. However, these changes come with sacrifices like reduced space for the top status, which is common in the traditional iPhones. Changes come sometimes be scary, but it is easier to learn how to get used to them as they also come with new and beneficial features. Below are some tips on how to show battery percentage on iPhone XR.
<h2>Using Control Centre</h2>
All iPhone X models have a visual representation of the battery at the top right corner of the screen, but they don’t show the percentage of the charge remaining. If you have the earlier iPhone versions, you can toggle the battery percentage option by going to settings, then battery, then the battery percentage option.
However, the procedure is different for iPhone x users. You can bring up the Control Centre if you swipe down from the top right of your iPhone’s screen. The visual representation of your iPhone XR battery at the top right of the Control Centre has the percentage of charge remaining listed. You can just swipe down to see the remaining percentage and quickly back up without lifting your finger if you don’t have anything else to do in the Control Centre. Using Control Centre is currently the primary way you can see the battery percentage on an iPhone X models, including the iPhone XR. It may also be the case in other iPhone versions as there seems to be no way to go back to the traditional way of displaying the battery percentage.
<h2>Add a Widget to Your Locked Screen</h2>
Another simple way of showing your phone battery percentage is by displaying it on the device’s lock screen. Follow the below procedure to add a battery percentage widget on your iPhone’s lock screen.
Navigate to your iPhone’s home screen and swipe to the right
Scroll down to locate the edit button and press it
From the Add Widgets screen, select More Widgets and then tap the plus icon next to batteries.
The battery widget will now appear whenever you swipe right from your home or lock screen. The Widget mostly appears at the bottom of the list of widgets, but you can move it to a different location by tapping and dragging it. It will also be easier to locate the Widget if you place it at the top of the other lock screen widgets. The battery charge percentage widget also comes with a bonus of additional displays of the battery percentage of peripheral devices like AirPods and Apple Watch connected to your iPhone.
<h2>Connecting the Charger</h2>
You can also show battery percentage on your iPhone by charging it, either using a lightning cable or a Qi-supported wireless charging pad. The phone screen will light up after some seconds, and a battery icon will appear showing the percentage charged if the phone is on lock screen. This trick may not work when outdoors but you can use it when you have a charger and a nearby power source.
<h2>Using Siri</h2>
You can also use Siri to find out the charge percentage remaining in your battery. There are many ways to phrase it but, “Hey, Siri, what battery charge do I have left?” is the one that always works. Siri will only answer you your iPhone is unlocked, unless if you have enabled it to work when the screen is locked. Another way of activating Siri instead of saying “Hey Siri’ is by pressing and holding the side button for about one second. The Side button of the iPhone XR is on the ride side of the phone.
Siri can also tell you the charge left in your peripheral devices like the Apple Watch, but you cannot ask Siri on your peripheral devices to tell you the charge left on your iPhone.
<h2>Creating a Shortcut</h2>
Creating a shortcut to display charge percentage is the only way you can create a notification that stays on your screen until you dismiss it. It is simple to create and display the shortcut, plus you can use it to control your power usage. For example, you can create a shortcut that checks the charge whenever you run it and offers you a Low Power Mode if the Charge is below a certain percentage.
By default, iPhones prompt users with a Low Power Mode when Charge is less than 20%, but you can set it higher using the shortcut. The shortcuts are already set-up in the control centre under the settings app. Having the percentages linked to such a shortcut means that you must choose to do something that prolongs your battery life to find out the percentage of charge remaining. It is not easy as just looking at the top of your phone, but it helps in keeping conserving the battery charge.
<h2>Parting Words</h2>
No matter what type of iPhone you are using, it is easy to view the battery percentage. It may seem difficult to show the battery percentage in the latest iPhone version given that the percentage was always on display as it was in earlier versions, but Control Centre only requires you to swipe your finger down from the top right corner and the percentage remaining will be available. It takes less than a second to check the percentage using this method, or you can also add a widget to your home screen if you want the charge percentage display always on sight. Phone manufacturers are aware that we use our phones for almost every activity, meaning battery power monitoring has become an essential factor that they cannot ignore.