How to check battery health on an iPhone

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-check-battery-health-on-an-iphone/ · Checked 5 October 2026 · iPhone 14 Pro · iOS 26.7.1

3 of 3 steps with real screenshots · 4 official sources below

Device

iPhone

Shown on

iOS 26.7.1 (iPhone 14 Pro)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Battery › Battery Health & Charging

Real screenshots

3 of 3 steps

Checked

5 October 2026

Sources

4 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Settings and tap Battery

   Battery has a green icon in the main list. On our iPhone 17e with iOS 27 it was the last row of the first group, below Personal Hotspot.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Battery Health

   On our iPhone 14 Pro with iOS 26.7.1 the row is called Battery Health & Charging. It is below the usage chart, above Battery Percentage.

   Done

3. 

   Read Maximum Capacity and Cycle Count

   100% is a new battery. Most batteries are designed to keep 80% after a few years of normal use. Our iPhone 14 Pro, about three years old, showed 82% on iOS 26.7.1.

   Done

If this does not work

• Battery life is short although the battery says Normal Then the battery itself may be fine, and the culprit could be an app with a big appetite. Apple says battery life and charge cycles vary with use and settings. Look at App and System Activity on the Battery page, or tap View All Battery Usage, to see what used the battery. On our iPhone 17e, View All Battery Usage was the last row of App and System Activity, just above Battery Health. Source: Understand your iPhone battery usage and health
• Battery Health does not say Normal On our iPhone 17e it said Normal, with the note This iPhone battery is performing as expected and an About Battery & Warranty link under it. If yours shows another message, tap that link. Apple's iOS 27 guide also offers Step-by-Step Help for troubleshooting battery health, and says the battery should be serviced by Apple or an Apple Authorised Service Provider. Source: Understand your iPhone battery usage and health

About this guide

When your iPhone starts begging for a charger before lunch, it is natural to wonder whether the battery is simply getting old. The iPhone shows how much charge its battery holds compared with when it was new, and checking takes a few seconds. Screenshots: iPhone 17e, iOS 27.0.1, dark mode.

Good to know

Is your figure normal for its cycle count? Apple says batteries of iPhone 14 models and earlier are designed to keep 80% of their original capacity at 500 complete charge cycles, and batteries of iPhone 15 models 80% at 1,000 cycles, under ideal conditions. Compare your Cycle Count with those numbers: reaching about 80% well before 500 cycles (or 1,000 on an iPhone 15 or later) means the battery is wearing faster than that design. Apple adds that real results depend on how the iPhone is used and charged. Honestly, no figure on this page can promise how long your next day will last, so treat it as a guide rather than a verdict.

Apple says the iPhone battery should be serviced or recycled by Apple or an Apple Authorised Service Provider, so this is not a job for the screwdriver in your kitchen drawer.

If you are the type who plugs in at bedtime and unplugs at breakfast, this one is for you. To reduce the time the battery stays fully charged, Apple describes Optimised Battery Charging: it pauses charging at 80%, then finishes closer to when you usually unplug the iPhone. On iPhone 15 or later it is under Battery, Charging. On iPhone 14 or earlier it is under Battery, Battery Health & Charging.

If capacity is fine but the battery still drains quickly, see why your phone battery drains fast.

In short: Settings, Battery, Battery Health (Battery Health & Charging on iPhone 14 and earlier). Read Battery Health and Maximum Capacity.

📷 See real photos from the iPhone 14 Pro in our Camera Lab, next to 10 other phones.