Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 promises to introduce a number of new technologies to the iPhone faithful. One of those is a mainstay of many Android handsets, namely wireless charging. It also suggests that third-party charging pads will need to be licensed through the MfI program. This would explain in part why wireless charging may not be available out of the box, instead waiting for an iOS 11 software update to turn it on. To take one example, the increasing number of public ‘wireless charging’ spots from companies such as AirCharge will be incompatible with Cupertino’s latest device.

Source: Forbes August 27, 2017 23:03 UTC