You’ll be able to use an iPhone to wirelessly restore an iPhone 16

iOS 18 has a caller diagnostic that lets you wirelessly reconstruct an iPhone 16 utilizing different iPhone oregon an iPad, 9to5Mac reports.

9to5Mac says it was capable to simulate the caller betterment method. “Essentially, erstwhile the iPhone 16 enters Recovery Mode for immoderate reason, users tin simply spot it adjacent to different iPhone oregon iPad to commencement the firmware recovery,” according to 9to5Mac. “The different instrumentality volition download a caller iOS firmware and transportation it to the bricked device.”

Apparently, immoderate instrumentality connected iOS 18 tin bash the restoration, but lone the iPhone 16 lineup of phones tin really beryllium restored utilizing this method. You tin already usage an iPhone to wirelessly reconstruct an Apple Watch oregon an Apple TV, truthful it’s bully to spot a akin diagnostic travel to the iPhone, too.