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GRivera210
User level: Level 1 (0 points)

iPad Battery Widget not displaying iPhone battery life

iPad Battery Widget does not show iPhone battery life. I would find it convenient to be able to use the widget to see the battery on all my devices. If I’m in the living room and working on my iPad and my phone battery is running low and I go to charge it in the kitchen I would like to be able to know when it is fully charged to remove it from the base and start using it again. As well as if I am going from office to office and have my iPad packed away in my backpack being able to know the battery on my iPad would be nice on my iPhone battery widget so that I know when I get back into the car I easily see that the iPad does or doesn’t need to be charged before my next stop.

Posted on Oct 28, 2026 9:04 PM

3 replies

LotusPilot
User level: Level 10 (334,506 points)

Oct 29, 2026 9:48 AM in response to GRivera210

You are quite correct in your observation that the iPad Battery Widget does not show the battery state of an associated iPhone.


However, if your iPhone is signed-in with the same Apple Account - the battery state can be viewed from your iPad's WiFi settings:

Settings > WiFi > Personal Hotspots



Kilgore-Trout
User level: Level 8 (43,363 points)

Oct 29, 2026 10:49 AM in response to GRivera210

Battery details are only available for accessories linked and in the hotspot example LotusPilot gave (which isn’t exactly what you are looking for).


You can offer Apple feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple

In the meantime you will just have to look at the iPad to see if it needs charging. Like the rest of us.

SravanKrA
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)

Oct 29, 2026 12:19 AM in response to GRivera210

A very simple question: Do you see the iPad's battery level on your iPhone? But surely you will see the AirPods battery level, the AirPods case's battery level and the Apple Watch's Battery level.


See the pic below


Find out more about Widgets on your iPad.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256385014