In-vehicle wireless charging doesn’t last longer than 10 seconds for iPhone 15 series handsets on some GM models.
Last month we told you that BMW told iPhone 15 users not to use the wireless charger built into some of its new cars. That’s because a bug was causing the NFC chip to break on Apple iPhone 15 models using the charger which resulted in the inability of affected users to employ Apple Pay at the checkout line of their local supermarkets. Apple fixed this issue with the iOS 17.1.1 update and life went on for BMW drivers who own one of the new iPhone models.But just like the game where you whack down a mole using a mallet and another one pops up, no sooner did Apple resolve the problem with BMW vehicles than some owners of GM vehicles are complaining that after installing iOS 17.1 on their handsets, they can no longer use the in-car wireless charger to charge their devices. One difference between this bug and the one that affected the charging on the BMW wireless charging pads is that the issue affecting vehicles made by GM doesn’t disable the NFC capabilities of an device.
