Battery icon is too bright — HDR bug

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Battery icon is too bright — HDR bug

Hi, I'm on macOS 26.0.1 (stable), Macbook Pro 14, M4 Pro chip.

The battery icon on the menu bar seems to break HDR/Truetone/both, and the battery icon is glowing way brighter than other icons on the menu bar, not sure if it's visible on the photos. I'm a little afraid that this will burn in the OLED screen and honestly just didn't expect for such an obvious visual bug to be in a stable version of macOS.

Does anyone else has the same problem?

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MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Oct 18, 2025 5:11 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 18, 2025 6:27 AM in response to kova13nko

On my Mac, the battery icon is of similar brightness to other icons. Same Mac, M4 Pro (16”, Nanotexture).

Having said that, it won’t harm your display.

Bugs can be reported to Apple here:

Feedback - macOS - Apple

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Answer 2

Oct 18, 2025 6:32 AM in response to kova13nko

I have the same model and I do not notice it being more or less bright than other icons. In addition to reporting the problem, if you are concerned about your display, I suggest you remove the icon from the menu bar for now. You can always easily reach it from Control Center. I do not expect any damage to your display but this is a way to play it safe.

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Answer 3

EvEnx

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Oct 24, 2025 9:39 AM in response to kova13nko

The same problem.

MacBook Air M3 (10GPU). External HDR Display.

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