Batteries Widget on iPhone: Add It and See Your AirPods Charge

The Batteries widget shows the charge of your iPhone and of accessories connected to it, such as AirPods, on the Home Screen or the Lock Screen. Add it from the widget gallery like any other widget. If an accessory is missing from it, check that the accessory is connected to your iPhone first.

Add the Batteries widget to the Home Screen

1. Touch and hold the Home Screen background until the apps jiggle.
2. Tap Edit, then Add Widget.
3. Search for or scroll to Batteries and tap it.
4. Swipe through the sizes, tap Add Widget, move it into place and tap Done.

These are the steps in Apple’s widget guide for iOS 27 ↗. Apple’s battery percentage guide ↗ describes the widget as a way to monitor the battery levels of your iPhone and connected accessories, including AirPods.

Put it on the Lock Screen

Touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customize, choose the Lock Screen, then tap the widget area below the clock or Add Widgets and pick Batteries. Apple’s Lock Screen guide ↗ covers these steps. Lock Screen widgets are small and single-color, so they show less than the Home Screen version. Our guide to Lock Screen widgets on iOS 27 explains the shapes and where each one sits.

When AirPods or another device does not appear

• Connect the accessory. Apple describes the widget as showing connected accessories, so a device that is out of range or not connected to your iPhone is not listed.
• Check Bluetooth. Make sure Bluetooth is on and the accessory appears as connected in Settings → Bluetooth.
• Give it a moment. Widgets refresh on a schedule set by iOS, so a level that just changed can take a short while to update.
• Remove the widget and add it again if it stays empty, then restart your iPhone.

For general refresh problems that affect several widgets, use our widget not updating checklist.

Other ways to see the percentage

To keep the number at the top of the screen, open Settings → Battery and turn on Battery Percentage. On an iPhone with Face ID or on iPhone Duo, the percentage appears inside the battery symbol in the status bar, and you can also swipe down from the top-right corner to see it in Control Center. Both options come from Apple’s battery percentage guide ↗.

A battery widget only reports the charge. If the number drops faster than usual after an update, our article on iOS 27 battery drain lists the settings that matter.