Helpful charging feature first found in Pixel 5 was removed from the Pixel 9 series

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Now you must understand that since your Pixel’s battery is driving the reverse wireless charging, your phone will take a battery hit for helping out your friend. That is, unless you’re able to plug in your Pixel. Doing so will allow your phone’s battery to charge even while you help your friend replenish the battery on his device. When you think about it, plugging in your Pixel while using it as a wireless charging pad is no different than plugging in and using a regular wireless charging pad or charging stand.

While Google didn’t say why it decided to make this change on the Pixel 9 series, it possibly was done to prolong the life of the battery that powers each Pixel 9 series phone. Charging the cell while using it to charge another device wirelessly can’t be good for the longevity of that battery. By the way, the foldable Pixel phones do not support Battery Share at all.

And here’s an interesting trivia question. Do you know which phone was the first to offer reverse wireless charging? It was the Huawei Mate 20 Pro which was released in 2018.