Your new Apple iPhones, iPads and smart watches could charge themselves through WiFi routers soon.
Apple has been granted another patent which will allow the company’s devices to charge without the need of cables or charging docks — all it would need are WiFi routers, ZDNet reported.
The Apple iphone maker had filed the patent on October 23, 2015 and it was later made public by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday.
The patent application describes a system that can take advantage of the wireless signals emitted by routers to charge electronic devices.
Apple has not provided any clear indication that it is working on a router that could provide both gigabit Wi-Fi and power at the same time.
Last year, the company reportedly abandoned its AirPort routers, which used beam steering antennas similar to what’s detailed in the patent application.
In 2015, prior to Apple filing its patent application, the University of Washington had developed a way to broadcast power to remote devices using Wi-Fi.
