iOS 17.4 brings assist for 15W wi-fi charging with Qi2 to the iPhone 12, in line with Macworld.
Qi2 is a next-generation wi-fi charging know-how designed by the Wi-fi Energy Consortium (WPC) and based mostly on MagSafe. MagSafe was first launched on the iPhone 12 and presents speeds of as much as 15W. Third-party wi-fi chargers with out MagSafe certification have been restricted to most speeds of seven.5W, however Qi2 can attain the total 15W.
Final 12 months, Apple enabled 15W speeds with Qi2 wi-fi chargers on the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 through iOS 17.2. The iPhone 15 lineup already supported Qi2 upon launch, leaving the iPhone 12 as the one iPhone mannequin with MagSafe with out the quicker charging functionality when utilizing Qi2 equipment.
Citing reader stories and its personal exams, Macworld claims that the iPhone 12 is ready to cost at 15W when utilizing a Qi2 wi-fi charger after an replace to iOS 17.4. When utilizing a Qi2 charger, the system now shows the animation that solely seems when 15W charging is energetic and exams with the Anker Qi2 MagGo Wi-fi Charger demonstrated charging speeds consistent with MagSafe.
Apple brazenly said that iOS 17.2 introduced Qi2 assist to the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14, but it surely didn’t make any such declare about iOS 17.4 and the iPhone 12. This can be as a result of the iPhone 12’s wi-fi charging know-how was constructed across the unique Qi commonplace and MagSafe earlier than Qi2 was finalized.
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