Nexus 5: Show battery in percent - how it works

On the Google Nexus 5, the battery is not shown in percent, but by a bar. With a small tool, there is also the percentage - how exactly, read here.

Nexus 5: battery indicator in percent - with this app it works

The Google Nexus 5 smartphone has no function to display the battery status in percent. The Android KiKat 4.4 operating system, which does not provide a percentage, is responsible for this. Proceed as follows to display the percentage of the battery level.

• The free "Battery Percent for KitKat" app shows you the battery level in percent.
• Once you've installed the app on your Nexus 5, the battery status will be shown in percent on the left side of the notification bar.
• The app only overwrites a setting in the operating system and can then simply be removed again. The percentage display remains however.

Read this practical tip to find out how you can use your Nexus 5 even more effectively.