Apple iPhone 12 has ‘secret’ reverse wireless charging

New Delhi: The new iPhone 12 series may have a secret wireless feature to charge an external device like upcoming AirPods and the long-expected Tile-like item tracker AirTags, reports claimed on Thursday.

Citing a series of US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings first spotted by VentureBeat, the report said that the iPhone 12 “supports a built-in inductive charging transmitter and receiver.”

Apple has not officially announced any such functionality yet.

“In addition to being able to be charged by a desktop WPT [wireless power transfer] charger (puck), 2020 iPhone models

also support WPT charging function at 360 kHz to charge accessories,” one of the documents read.

The list includes iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max.