• The iPhone 17 Pro might be able to wirelessly charge your AirPods

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    The iPhone 17 Pro might be able to wirelessly charge your AirPods

    Date:
    Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:20:32 +0000

    Description:
    A leak suggests the iPhone 17 Pro series could offer reverse wireless charging, but there are reasons to doubt this.

    FULL STORY ======================================================================The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max could support reverse wireless charging This would let you use them to wirelessly charge the likes of your AirPods or Apple
    Watch However, there are questions over whether Apple would be able to
    achieve this while still offering MagSafe

    The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max might have a feature that Android phones have offered for years, as a leaker claims they could support reverse wireless charging.

    This tip comes from Fixed Focus Digital a source with a reasonable track record via BGR , and if it pans out, then youd be able to place your AirPods or Apple Watch on the back of your iPhone and use it as a wireless charging mat, draining the iPhones battery a little to charge these smaller devices.

    This feature would also likely work with other iPhones, though it would
    almost certainly take a long time to juice one up, and significantly drain
    the iPhone 17 Pro youre using as a charger in the process. Still, based on other implementations of reverse wireless charging, you'd probably be able to charge up non-Apple devices, too.

    Reverse wireless charging is arguably a niche feature, but its one that many high-profile Android handsets such as the Samsung Galaxy S25 series offer already. The MagSafe problem A Magsafe-like Pixelsnap accessory on the Pixel 10 Pro (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

    Interestingly, though, the Google Pixel 10 series has actually ditched this feature in favor of MagSafe-like magnetic wireless charging. The company claimed the design of the magnets meant it wasnt possible to offer both magnetic wireless charging and reverse wireless charging, so it will be interesting to see whether Apple can achieve both on the iPhone 17 Pro
    series.

    The fact that Google couldnt manage this makes us a little skeptical of this rumor, but this isnt the first time weve heard of reverse wireless charging possibly coming to the iPhone 17 Pro , with a previous leak suggesting it could offer a charging power of 7.5W which wouldnt charge a phone up very fast, but is still almost double what some Android phones can manage.

    However, both of these leaks simply say that Apple has tested reverse
    wireless charging on the iPhone 17 Pro series, so even if theyre accurate,
    its possible Apple will choose not to equip the phones with this feature.

    We should find out soon, though, as the iPhone 17 series is expected to be unveiled in September, with one source pointing to September 9 . You might also like The iPhone's Camera Control could be the new MacBook Touch Bar, according to sketchy rumor that says iPhone 18 will drop it The iPhone 17e could get these 3 upgrades, according to new leak including the super-useful Dynamic Island The iPhone 17 Air almost makes the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
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