The battery proportion characteristic in iOS 16 has change into a well-liked matter for the reason that replace was made out there to everybody on an iPhone eight and above, however a preview model of iOS 16.1 is refining it additional.

As a substitute of a relentless worth that is in entrance of the battery icon, the battery itself additionally runs down because it did earlier than, so in case your iPhone reaches 20% for instance, the icon will present because it did earlier than and in crimson, whereas the share will stay.

It is a small change however it is going to profit those that wished the very best of each worlds – a battery icon the place the share reveals, whereas the battery itself runs down alongside the worth.

You may see for your self if you happen to signal your iPhone as much as Apple’s Beta Software program Program (opens in new tab) and set up iOS 16.1, I want the way it appears for now, particularly as different iPhones are going to realize this characteristic as soon as the replace is out for everybody.

If it ain’t broke…

The proportion worth disappeared when the notch arrived with the iPhone X again in 2017 as there was too little area for each. However the characteristic first arrived in iOS three again in 2009, the place anybody with an iPhone 3GS and above might flick a swap, and a numeric worth would seem subsequent to the battery icon.

Nevertheless, Apple determined to carry this again in a brand new type with iOS 16, the place the worth could be on prime of the battery icon. I used to be glad to see this return on my iPhone 13 Professional, as I’ve needed to carry down Management Heart from the top-right of the show to see it. Now, I can simply look on the worth on the highest proper as a substitute.

However you may’t please everybody, which is why Apple is refining the icon to point out the battery run down because it did earlier than. this on my iPhone X operating iOS 16.1, it appears cluttered to me now – you have obtained an ever-changing battery icon and a numeric worth in the identical place.

But we’re within the beta interval nonetheless, so this might nonetheless change earlier than iOS 16.1 arrives, however it might be good to have extra customization so any consumer might have the battery icon show the way it does now, or the way it could also be sooner or later. Regardless, it is nonetheless good to have a proportion worth after so a few years, however we’ll have to attend and see till iOS 16.1 is out there to anybody with an iPhone eight and above.