Get Home windows 11’s new battery icons with the newest non-obligatory replace

Microsoft has confirmed to Home windows Newest that the newly redesigned battery indicator within the Home windows 11 taskbar is now being rolled out to extra customers. The characteristic was in testing for a very long time and commenced reaching customers as early as 2025 however restricted to pick out computer systems.

The brand new battery icons have been made extra broadly obtainable within the non-obligatory February replace (KB5077241), which implies that you would be able to begin seeing a extra informativee battery indicator should you seize that replace.

The brand new battery icon is bigger and simpler to see than earlier than. When your laptop computer is charging, it’ll show in inexperienced with a lightning image. When your charger is disconnected, the battery icon turns white. When energy-saving mode is activated (whether or not manually or routinely at 30 %), it modifications to orange. And when the battery degree hits 5 % or beneath, it goes purple. Fairly intuitive stuff.

It’s also possible to select to show the precise battery share instantly within the taskbar by way of Settings > System > Energy & battery.

The rollout is going on in phases, although, which implies it could take some time earlier than the characteristic is seen on all PCs even with the replace. To get the replace, you’ll need to manually set up it by way of Home windows Replace or by downloading it by way of the Microsoft Replace Catalog.