These days, a lot of phones come with some form of ambient/always-on displays. Samsung, Motorola, LG, and Google all have phones with a variant of this feature, and it can really come in handy if you just need to check something in a pinch. But while Google has updated its Ambient Display with 8.1 Oreo, it’s still missing one crucial feature: battery level.
Want Ambient Display to show battery level? Star this issue and let Google know (but don’t comment) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.