iPhone 17 Pro May Be Able to Wirelessly Charge AirPods, Apple Watch

Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Pro models could see a reverse wireless charging diagnostic making them susceptible of delivering powerfulness to different Apple devices, according to the Weibo-based leaker Fixed Focus Digital.


The Chinese leaker says that Apple has tested reverse wireless charging for the company's caller high-end smartphones, but whether the diagnostic is really enabled erstwhile the devices motorboat adjacent period remains to beryllium seen.

This is the 2nd clip we've heard astir the diagnostic perchance coming to caller iPhones this year. In February, Weibo leaker Instant Digital claimed that Apple had been investigating 7.5W reverse wireless charging for the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, saying it could beryllium utilized to complaint different Apple accessories similar AirPods, Apple Watch, oregon perchance an upcoming MagSafe Battery Pack.

Long-running rumors of iPhone reverse wireless charging capabilities yet came to fruition successful 2021 – albeit successful a constricted mode – erstwhile Apple released the MagSafe Battery Pack for iPhone 12 and newer models. When attached to an ‌iPhone‌ that was charging via Lightning, the ‌iPhone‌ could present powerfulness to the MagSafe Battery Pack, which was the archetypal lawsuit of an ‌iPhone‌ being capable to way powerfulness to an accessory device.

Apple discontinued the MagSafe Battery Pack successful September 2023 with the motorboat of the iPhone 15 lineup, which dropped the Lightning cablegram successful favour of USB-C. iPhone 15 and aboriginal models tin reverse complaint Apple Watch, AirPods, and different smaller devices that enactment Power Delivery astatine up to 4.5 watts via the USB-C port, but the wireless reverse charging diagnostic for Apple devices has not been implemented since the discontinuation of the MagSafe Battery Pack.

In 2022, proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that a relaunched MagSafe Battery Pack would yet modulation to USB-C, but that has yet to happen. Likewise, In September 2023, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman besides said helium expected USB-C versions of the MagSafe Battery Pack to instrumentality "eventually." But helium qualified that by saying "Don't clasp your breath."

All volition beryllium revealed erstwhile Apple releases its iPhone 17 lineup astir mid-September, with an iPhone lawsuit rumored to beryllium taking spot connected Tuesday, September 9. Would you invited a reverse wireless charging feature? Let america cognize successful the comments.
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