What changed: rewritten for One UI 8.5 with our own screenshots. The battery percentage switch is gone; the number sits in the icon.

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-show-battery-percentage-on-a-samsung-galaxy-one-ui-8-5/ · Checked October 2026 · Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16

In this guide

Open Notifications
Tap Status bar
Find Show battery background
Choose the notification icons
If this does not work
Good to know
Video demo
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Quick answer

On One UI 8.5 the battery percentage is always shown as a number inside the battery icon. The old Show battery percentage switch is gone. Settings, Notifications, Status bar now has Show battery background, which only turns the oval behind the number on or off.

4 of 4 steps with real screenshots · 1 official source below

Device: Android
Shown on: Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16
App: Settings
Path: Settings › Notifications › Status bar › Show battery background
Real screenshots: 4 of 4 steps
What we did: Observed: looked at each screen, changed nothing
Our phone: Shown on Galaxy A57, One UI 8.5
Checked: October 2026
Sources: 1 official, linked below

Step by step

Open Notifications
Open Settings and tap Notifications.
Watch these steps Done
Tap Status bar
It is in the Appearance group.
Done
Find Show battery background
This is where Show battery percentage used to be. Switch it off and the battery shows as a plain number without the oval.
Done
Choose the notification icons
Above it, Notification style sets whether app icons, a single dot or nothing appears in the status bar.
Done

What changed: rewritten for One UI 8.5 with our own screenshots. The battery percentage switch is gone; the number sits in the icon.

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If this does not work

The battery icon looks thinner and smaller Samsung says this is the new One UI 8.5 design. Turn off Show battery background to show just the number. Source: Status bar issues on your Galaxy phone after the One UI 8.5 update
The clock or icons vanish in one app Samsung says some apps set up the status bar area themselves, so the clock or icons can disappear while that app is open. Contact the app maker. Source: Status bar issues on your Galaxy phone after the One UI 8.5 update

About this guide

After the One UI 8.5 update, many people went looking for the Show battery percentage switch and could not find it. Samsung replaced it. The number stays; only the background shape around it can be switched off.

Good to know

On One UI 8 and earlier, the switch is called Show battery percentage, under Settings, Notifications, Status bar (or Advanced settings on Android 11 and 12).

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In short: One UI 8.5: the percentage is always inside the icon. Settings, Notifications, Status bar, Show battery background.

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