The way you charge your AirPods could change with a future iPhone, it seems, perhaps as soon as this year.
Yes, you see there is already some wireless charging in the iPhone. The iPhone 12, FCC filings revealed, had capabilities built in for reverse wireless charging, but the feature was never activated.
Except that it was, in one specific case: the MagSafe Battery Pack. If you have the battery pack, it charges the iPhone wirelessly in the normal way . However, if you plug your iPhone in to the Lightning cable, and then attach the battery pack to the iPhone, the phone charges the battery. That’s reverse wireless charging, though Apple never referred to it as such, and it was very limited.
The presence of limited reverse wireless charging in the MagSafe battery pack shows the technology is getting close. Even so, something could hold it back.Thermal concerns are always key in issues like this, so Apple needs to ensure there’s no worry about overheating, for instance. And the efficiency of the charging will likely be a part of it, too.
Even so, I’m quietly confident that 2023 could be the year Apple introduces reverse wireless charging, for the iPhone 15 Pro.
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