As you have followed here on the site, the iOS 16.4 was released a few days ago with great news for owners of compatible iPhones.
What we didn’t know, until now, is that it came with a new hidden function: the long-awaited reverse recharge — or, as some prefer to call it, bilateral recharge.
From now on, just place an iPhone, any other smartphone compatible with Qi charging, AirPods or Apple Watch on the back of an iPhone running iOS 16.4 so that the device is recharged using the internal battery of the host. Here’s a quick demo video:
According to a supporting document found by the MacMagazinethe function took so long to arrive because it was developed in a special way by Apple, so as not to “suck” so much the battery of the iPhone that is providing the recharge.
Thanks to a technology patented by the company, each 1% recharged consumes only 0.5% of the host — that is, an iPhone 14 Pro with 100% battery can fully recharge another iPhone 14 Pro and there will still be 50% battery left in it. Incredible, magical, sensational!
If you want to try the new feature on your iPhone too, click here to be directed to the iOS Settings area where you can enable the function. Have a good time!