Show Apple Pencil battery percentage as a number in iPad OS14

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Show Apple Pencil battery percentage as a number in iPad OS14

Apparently with the introduction of the new GUI for iPad OS14, Apple changed the way the pencil battery percentage is displayed... it’s now in a widget, displayed as ring gauge of some sort... to me it’s kinda meaningless as I prefer a number, not something I have to interpret.

Besides going into Settings > Apple Pencil every time I want to check my battery percentage, is there a way to make the widget display the battery percentage as a numeric value instead of the stupid green ring... it’s very arbitrary and rather annoying to have to guess what the ring equates to...

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Anyway... Thank you in advance for any help

iPad, iPadOS 14

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 9:17 AM

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Sep 24, 2020 9:36 AM in response to theycallmemcgyver

The iPadOS14 Batteries Widget can be added to the visible Widgets in one of three styles - two of which show the Pencil Battery Charge as a percentage.

Whilst the Batteries Widget cannot be directly edited (as is possible for some of the new Widgets), you can simply delete the Widget and add another of a style that you prefer - or have multiple Battery Widgets!

Use widgets on your iPad - Apple Support

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Show Apple Pencil battery percentage as a number in iPad OS14

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