Circle.
Had to scroll too far to see this.
Circle is much more accurate and easier to read. Having the percentage off avoids clutter, and with circle you can tell the percentage pretty closely anyways. Batteries are good enough these days that most people don’t need to plan their charging throughout the day.
How is a circle more accurate and easier to read than two digits which represent the exact value and take zero mental power to process?
* than the battery icon, obviously.
I don’t even want the graphic, I just want the number. the graphic introduces overlays that are confusing at a glance
This. I use the graphic only, because the tiny-ass number inside the graphic is impractical. If I could just get a bigger number without the fluff, I would.
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I didn’t even know there was a number off setting
Number and icon
I literally have just the number
This
Well I only really need to know if I’m near dead or fully charged
my number only shows when i swipe down on the top menu
So, you’re number off
I remember when I switched from a Samsung phone to one of the first pixel phones years ago and being so angry that it did not have an option to add the number. I think the only way back then ended up being in the developer options. That phone somehow just ended up getting into a boot loop only like 4 months after getting it and they didnt respect the warranty. It was provided by work so I didnt care that much since no real loss to me, but ill never forget that impression it left on me and ill never get another pixel or google phone ever again.
Number porting has existed for more than 20 years. You definitely could move your number in 2016.
They’re talking about the battery percentage, not porting their phone number.
Uh pretty sure I’ve had my number for like 5 years over multiple pixel phones
It was the first one. It was first released in oct 2016 and i remember i just got the samsung note 7 and that was the craziest phone event I’ve ever seen since it wa an entire recall of that model. Because of that i waited the month till it dropped and ended up getting it swapped for the pixel. It was new and thought it would be better than the galaxy.
What are you talking about big dog?!? Do you work for Apple? Everything you’re saying is wrong, but why?
Back in the good old days, the number was next to the battery, and it was bigger. Then they updated the software and shrunk the number down to fit it in the battery.
I definitely still have that. Battery sitting upright and the number next to it. This is stock Android 15 I believe.
I’m on Android 16. They changed it in update 16.QPR1, released September 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history#Android_16
My OnePlus has all the options available. Just battery, number on the side just number , number inside the battery and vertical battery.
Default is the best
- No number
- Number appears while peeking notifications
- Full notification shade shows until hh:mm
Without the number on, i keep letting my phone die because i dont realize its on 1% and i should really charge it
my bar turns yellow at like 20% and red at less than 10%… I panic when it’s less than 50% though.
The only advantage of “number off” is it comes with extra anxiety for free.
Agreeeeeee
A lot of people like to do extra work to ignore hard realities.
On because of accuracy and its the default
