How to get battery percentage icon on iPhone 12

Simranpal Singh — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:02:49 +0000

iPhone 12 was released almost 18 months ago with the iOS 14 on board. The device is upgradeable to the latest iOS 15.3.1 and should receive major updates till iOS 19 (or whatever it may be called then). That is over 5 generations of OS upgrades!

Here, we’ll take you through how to get the battery percentage icon on iPhone 12.

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Enabling the battery percentage icon on the status bar is easy as pie on iOS. If needed, you may also add a widget to the Home Screen for better visibility. We’ll be sharing the steps in detail below.

Display the iPhone 12 battery percentage

The battery percentage icon helps you to view how much charge remains in your iPhone 12 battery in the status bar. You can also add a widget to the Home Screen to regularly check the battery status of your iPhone 12 or even connected accessories (including AirPods and other devices).

Steps to get iPhone 12 battery percentage in the status bar

It’s pretty simple to show the battery percentage on the status bar of the iPhone 12 just by a simple swipe. Yes, all you have to do is swipe down from the top-right corner of the display.

Swipe Down to Reveal the Battery Percentage

Add a Battery widget to your Home Screen

In order to add a battery widget to the home screen, follow the below steps.

Touch and hold the Home Screen wallpaper or background until the apps begin to jiggle or shake.
Tap “+” icon at the top of the screen. Then you have to scroll down and tap “Batteries“.
Swipe left and right through the widgets to view the size options. The different sizes display different information.
Once you choose the size you want, tap Add Widget.
Finally, tap Done to make the widget applied on your Home Screen.

If you don’t want the widget and are OK with the default battery percentage in the status bar, you may remove the widget by these steps.

Touch and hold the battery percentage widget to open the quick actions menu.
Tap Remove Widget (or Remove Stack), then tap Remove.

That’s it! This is how you can closely monitor the battery level on your iPhone 12. The steps are applicable for any iPhone 12 Series and even for the latest iPhone 13 Series.

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