There are many methods of battery display in Android Marshmallow smartphone and tablets but the most popular one is the display of battery level by percentage. The other types of display are also popular but the major reason of the popularity of the percentage is that it displays exact level of remaining battery while other methods display just the estimation and show the ambiguous figure.
It is easier to activate the display of percentage of battery but if you feel any problem, do see the instructions.
Instructions
1: At the Home screen of your Android 6.x Marshmallow smartphones and tablets, see the icon of the battery level is present in the status bar as a vertical bar.
2: If you want to see the percentage level of battery consumption and balance, tap the icon of the āSettingsā app, placed at the bottom right corner of the Home screen to open up āSettingsā screen.3: At the āSettingsā screen, tap the āBarsā in the āInterface section.
4: At the āBarsā screen, tap the āBattery displayā to set the style of status bar battery display.
5: At the āBattery displayā screen, see the āDefaultā is as āStyleā, i.e. the vertical bar, currently displaying the battery level in the status bar is set as āDefault. If you want to change the āDefaultā, tap the āStyleā. It will open up a prompt, named as; āStyleā. Here, four different styles of battery display are offered, which are:
- Default
- Horizontal bar
- Circle
- Text only
- Droid
Currently, the āDefault is set.
6: To change the default to āText onlyā, tap the radio button to activate it. It will take you back to the āBattery displayā screen.
7: At the āBattery displayā screen, see; the status of the āStyleā has been changed to āText onlyā.
8: Also see; the āShow percentā status is āNeverā. To change it, tap the āShow percentā. It will take you to a prompt, named as; āShow percentageā with 3 options:
- Never
- Always
- Expanded
9: Here, at the prompt, see; the current status is āNeverā. If you want to make the change permanent, tap the radio button of āAlwaysā. It will take you, instantly, back to āBattery displayā screen.
10: At the āBattery displayā screen, see the status of āShow percentā has been changed as āAlwaysā.
Thatās all!