Oliver Haslam·

Apple’s FCC Filing For iPhone 12 Suggests That Reverse Wireless Charging Is Possibly Included

Reverse wireless charging is a feature that many thought might be part of the iPhone 12 lineup this year, but that doesn’t appear to have been the case. We say appear, because while Apple didn’t announce anything it seems that the hardware might actually be there, built in.

According to FCC filings for the new iPhones it seems that the hardware is in fact present, allowing an iPhone to charge an accessory such as AirPods via reverse charging.

The news was spotted by Jeremy Horwitz and it suggest that there could be some sort of reverse charging component in the future. Whether Apple could enable it via software isn’t clear, however.

A new MagSafe feature was hidden in Apple FCC filings: “In addition to being able to be charged by a desktop WPT charger (puck), 2020 iPhone models also support WPT charging function at 360 kHz to charge accessories [including] an external potential apple accessory in future.”

Bloomberg’ Mark Gurman also notes that there is another line in the document that could suggest MagSafe is coming to AirPods, too.

Apple is obviously going to be making more use of MagSafe than putting a card holder on the back of an iPhone, so the technology coming to AirPods makes plenty of sense. We’ve already seen patents relating to cases that could hold AirPods, too.

There are no timelines for any of this and we might all be reading far too much into this. But let’s hope not!

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