Check iPhone battery percentage on Apple Watch. Have they fixed this yet?
suekephart
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User level: Level 1 (4 points)Can I check iPhone battery percentage on Apple Watch?
Posted on Oct 11, 2026 4:13 PM
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steve626
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User level: Level 7 (20,243 points)Oct 12, 2026 4:28 PM in response to steve626
Update -- FindMy run as the app on the watch does show my other devices. For some reason yesterday it did not but it was just updated to 27.0.1 yesterday so maybe was doing some housekeeping. In any case, today it does show all my devices, including the iPhone. However it notes this as "paired iPhone" and it locates it but does not show the battery percentage that I see when locating the iPhone on a Mac's FindMy app. So that is no longer provided when using the watch FindMy app. I don't think it is a bug, I think the watch runs a more minimal version of Find My than the other larger devices do.
sberman
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User level: Level 10 (280,982 points)Oct 11, 2026 5:58 PM in response to suekephart
steve626
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User level: Level 7 (20,243 points)Oct 11, 2026 6:26 PM in response to suekephart
I think this used to work from the Find My app on the watch, Devices tab. It certainly works from other devices, such as my Macbook Pro which shows the iPhone and its battery percentage on the phone from the Find My app. However for me, the Find My app on the Watch doesn't seem to show devices like it used to so I can't see the phone battery level. I have reported this to Apple as a bug.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256374410