Apple has been working on a system that will allow users to restore and recover device software over-the-air for some time now. The feature first debuted on Apple Watch with iOS 15.4 and watchOS 8.5, and was later expanded to Apple TVs with iOS 17 and tvOS 17. Now, Apple is bringing the system to iOS 18 with the iPhone 16 lineup.

According to reports, the new iOS 18 operating system that is being offered for iPhone 16 models uses the same infrastructure as the RecoveryOS system used on Apple Watch and Apple TV. This new system allows the firmware to be restored wirelessly through another iPhone or iPad if the iPhone 16 enters into recovery mode. Users, by placing their device next to another iPhone or iPad They can initiate the recovery process.

During the restore process, the other device downloads a new iOS firmware and transfers it to the problematic device. Thus, to fix software issues on iOS devices. a Mac or PC is no longer necessary.

The new feature is currently only available on iPhone 16

Although it is mentioned that any device running iOS 18 can perform this operation. Only iPhone 16 models for now It is mentioned that it can perform this operation wirelessly. This is because the iPhone 16 has a dedicated recovery partition and thanks to this partition it can manage the entire process without having to boot from the main iOS partition.

It’s not yet clear whether Apple will add this new feature to previous iPhone models in the future or whether this feature will require new hardware, but this development is a very important step that will make it easier for users to fix software issues on their own without having to take their devices to Apple or a repair center.

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