iOS 16 beta 5 adds an option to show the battery percentage in the status bar on some iPhones, after Apple removed it for notched models at the iPhone X's debut
what took them so long? Amy Sarkar / Huawei Central : Once scared of notch, Apple brings Battery Percentage feature in iOS 16 Victoria Song / The Verge : Battery percentage finally returns to iOS 16 and it's hideous Luke Filipowicz / iMore : iOS 16 beta brings back a fan-favorite feature — battery percentage — but there's a huge catch. MacDailyNews : iOS 16 beta 5 has iPhone's battery percentage in the status bar Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : iOS 16 beta brings back the battery percentage icon Timi Cantisano / XDA Developers : iOS 16 beta 5 finally adds battery percentage to notched iPhones Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : iOS 16 Beta 5 Features: What's New [VIDEOS] Sanjana Prakash / Tom's Guide : iOS 16 beta 5 is out — here's the new features for your iPhone Patrick O'Rourke / MobileSyrup : Apple might bring back Status Bar battery percentage with iOS 16 Tweets: Brendan Shanks / @realmrpippy : @MacRumors ... And lastly: XNU_TARGET_OS_XR? OSX, IOS, WATCH, TV, BRIDGE are all defined in the public XNU source, but XR is a new one. Presumably this is realityOS for AR/VR devices. And ‘gPlatformChipRole’ in pexpert makes sense for a device with two full SoCs. @stroughtonsmith https://twitter.com/... Mark Gurman / @markgurman : All of this reaction and coverage for Apple moving the battery percentage from one menu to another. Not surprised at all, just incredible to see in practice. https://twitter.com/... Joanna Stern / @joannastern : Classic Apple playbook right here: - Take away thing we all use and love - Watch everyone cry and complain and cry more - Add thing back right when people have stopped the crying and complaining https://twitter.com/... @cultofmac : After a two-week wait, Apple seeded macOS Ventura beta 5, iOS 16 beta 5, iPadOS 16 beta 5, watchOS 9 beta 5 and tvOS 16 beta 5 to developers on Monday. These upcoming versions were first unveiled in June at WWDC22, and are major updates for a range of Apple computers. 1/4 https://twitter.com/... Aaron Zollo / @zollotech : Along with iOS 16 Beta 5, Apple also released iPadOS 16 Beta 5 tvOS 16 Beta 5 watchOS 9 Beta 5 macoS 13 Ventura Beta 5 HomePodOS 16 Beta 5 Xcode 14 Beta 5 https://twitter.com/... @canoopsy : ok iOS 16 is the best update in years https://twitter.com/... Mark Gurman / @markgurman : @stevekovach You don't understand Apple Ian Zelbo / @ianzelbo : We really praise apple for doing the minimum. Yes, I'm so happy it's back but it took them 5 years to implement half a line of code... https://twitter.com/... Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo : Contrary to some articles that immediately criticised the feature evidently without even bothering to test it, the battery percentage option does not mean your iPhone battery icon is rendered as filled even if you have only 10% left. When it drops below 20%, the styling changes. https://twitter.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : Every Android phone I've used for years has had the option to show battery percentage in the menu. It takes Real Strength of Character and True Resolve is to choose to set it to Off. You don't need it. You are a better person when you have the choice to use it, but do not. Joe Rossignol / @rsgnl : Wow. This honestly might be the biggest iOS 16 feature for some people. https://twitter.com/... Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith : Good catch. And ‘XR’ is a reasonable indicator that Apple is going to be tackling both VR and AR under the same umbrella https://twitter.com/... David Pierce / @pierce : Seeing battery percentages = me staring constantly at the battery icon and panicking slightly more every time it goes down So this should go fine https://twitter.com/... Shane Craig / @scaryifliteral : Every few months I learn about some rudimentary feature that iPhones inexplicably don't have. https://twitter.com/... @9to5mac : Appears percentage icon isn't available on iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 mini, or iPhone 13 mini https://twitter.com/... Zac Bowden / @zacbowden : Only took 5 years https://twitter.com/... Joanna Stern / @joannastern : COURAGE!!!! https://twitter.com/... Mike Beasley / @mikebeas : welcome back. it's about time. https://twitter.com/... Brandon Butch / @brandonbutch : Omg.. new battery indicator in iOS 16 Beta 5! https://twitter.com/... Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo : Apple, can we have battery percentage in the notch? five years ago: nah four years ago: nah three years ago: nah two years ago: nah one year ago: nah iOS 16 beta 5: yes https://9to5mac.com/... Daniel Bader / @journeydan : I love how this is probably going to be the biggest tech news cycle of the week https://twitter.com/... @apollozac : in b4 this becomes an iPhone 14 Pro exclusive lol https://twitter.com/... @jonyiveparody : “CAN'T INNOVATE ANYMORE, MY ASS!” https://twitter.com/... Jeff Benjamin / @jeffbenjam : 'bout time... https://twitter.com/... @aaplparody : They said it couldn't be done https://twitter.com/...