# How to Customize status bar on Android and iPhone

**URL:** https://www.compsmag.com/how-to/customize-status-bar/
**Author:** Ayushi Chauhan
**Published:** 2023-04-16
**Updated:** 2023-04-16
**Categories:** How To
**Reading Time:** 4 min

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Do you want to Customize status bar on [Android](https://compsmag.com/best/android-phone/)and [iPhone](https://compsmag.com/best/iphones/)? If so, you're in luck: you can add an emoji icon to your Phone's status bar with just a few taps! Android is one of the operating systems that can be changed in the most ways. Unlike other [smartphone](https://compsmag.com/best/smartphone/)operating systems, it lets you make it your own.

They can look for "Customization" in the official Google Play Store. Hundreds of apps, like Launcher apps, Icon Packs, Android Themes, Live Wallpapers, Notification & Star Bar Customization Apps, and more, would be shown in different sections. This can include the time, how much power life is left, and the signal strength.

This is a function that many applications want, but some applications work better when the status bar is hidden or takes on a different shape, like when watching a movie. As the user works with an app and the information shown changes, like when moving from movie mode to control mode, the user may need to toggle the status bar.

## How to Customize status bar on Android

### Customize the Status Bar from Phone Settings

There aren't many smartphone brands that let you change the Status Bar in the phone's settings. You can also go to the [official Android support site](https://support.google.com/android/?hl=en#topic=7313011) to know more information about this. For example, we use a Oneplus phone because it lets us change the Status Bar:

- Open your **Phone Settings**
- Go to **Display**
- Scroll Down and click on**Status Bar**
- Here you can make the**battery percentage visible** or hide it, you can also enable the network speed to appear in the status bar.
- Along with this, you can also choose between 3 different battery styles, 3 different time styles. Additionally, you can also control which **icons**should appear in the status bar.

### Super Status Bar

With over 1 Million Downloads, Super Status Bar is one of the most downloaded apps on the Google Play Store. It lets you change a lot of things, like making the usual status bar look like the one on an iPhone.

- Download the app, and complete the**initial setup.**
- Click on the **Start button**, allow the necessary permissions.
- Here you can set a **Custom bar**(iOS, MIUI, OneUI, Android 10, etc), or modify your phone’s default bar.
- You can even create a new bar, by submitting a Google form to**Super Status Bar.**
- Super Status bar also **supports gestures** (drag, swipe, tap, etc.), which allows adjusting brightness, perform an action, and more.
- It also gives a tiny little**text preview**of the notification in the bar itself (known as Ticker Text).
- There are more advanced features like**side padding, notch compatibility, etc.**

## How to Customize status bar on iPhone

- Launch the **Settings** app.
- Scroll down and tap **Focus**.
- Tap the **+** button in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Tap **Custom**.
- Give your **Focus** a name.
- Select the **emoji/icon**you want to use, then tap **Next**.
- Select who can send you notifications (you can choose all of your contacts), then tap **Allow**.
- Select all the apps that can show you notifications, then tap **Allow**.
- Tap **Done**.
- Now toggle the switch to **enable**your Focus mode.

## FAQs

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