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Apple improved MagSafe wi-fi charging within the new iPhone 16 fashions by growing the utmost charging capability. It’s a substantial soar: the handsets can cost as much as 66% quicker.
Wi-fi charging is now as quick as plugging in a cable…with the proper tools.
Apple improves MagSafe with the characteristic everybody desires: Extra velocity
MagSafe wi-fi charging has at all times been handy, nevertheless it’s additionally been slower than plugging a cable into the iPhone. Throughout Monday’s “It’s Glowtime” occasion, Apple fastened that. MagSafe is now as quick as a cable.
A newly launched Apple MagSafe charger ($39) can ship an iPhone 16 as much as 25W when paired with a 30W energy adapter. It may give the handset a 50% battery cost in round half-hour, in keeping with Apple.
And the specs web page for the iPhone 16 says that plugging in a 20W USB-C cable expenses the handset 50% in about half-hour. 20W is the utmost the iPhone 15 collection, and it’s apparently the identical for the brand new fashions.
So whether or not MagSafe or USB-C, the utmost charging velocity for the most recent iPhone fashions is identical: half a cost in half an hour.
Not so quick
Whereas an enchancment in MagSafe charging velocity is welcome, don’t overlook the constraints. 25W charging is accessible solely on the 4 iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional variants, and solely with a brand new MagSafe charging puck that Apple launched Monday. With every other iPhone, the puck tops out at 15W. And the iPhone 16 fashions can solely obtain a most of 15W from Apple’s earlier MagSafe pucks and different equipment.
Plus, to date there’s been no phrase of Apple permitting third-party accent makers to make use of its quicker model of MagSafe.
Nonetheless, these shopping for Apple’s latest handsets may also be available in the market for a brand new charging puck, too. Particularly in the event that they’re usually in a rush about juicing up their iPhone.
All the identical benefits
For anybody who caught with charging cables and prevented wi-fi charging, Apple builds magnets round a wi-fi charging coil behind latest iPhone fashions. There’s an identical set in MagSafe chargers, so handset and charger routinely align themselves and keep collectively.
Apple’s puck is essentially the most fundamental model. The magnets are sturdy sufficient to permit charging mats to be constructed into stands and different equipment.