[Gbubba]

My 2022 840I was delivered without the wireless charger due to component supply issues. The sticker listed a $250 credit.
Does anyone know if the factory charger is available or if it's even possible to add it once the car left the factory? I saw a video and it looked easy however it was on a 5 series.

BTW this is the best forum!

[Mgrae456]

As someone who is on his second m850 both with wireless chargers I'm telling you they did you a favor. It doesn't charge your phone it warms your phone. Get a usb-c cord and don't think about it again. I wish I could figure out how to get rid of mine. I put my phone in upside down so it doesn't charge if I'm using it for phone storage

[Vic55]

Concur here, the factory wireless charger is garbage and creates hot cell phone that can sizzle bacon.

[hinckley]

Get yourself a nice aftermarket wireless charger and you'll be ahead of most of us here.

[Mgrae456]

If you really want wireless and have a compatible iphone the magsafe charger is very good

[ArabianOak]

under hard acceleration on my m8 my phone flys out of the wireless charger area and triggers an accident warning on my iphone...lol.

[snowbimmer]

My 2022 M850 sticker showed a $250 credit for the wireless charger, too. About 4 months into ownership, while on a long drive, my wife slammed her phone into the charger. I said it didn't work. Why? They didn't put it in. An hour later her phone was charged. Hmmmm. I had been using the USB port in the center console, which works fairly fast.

The times that I have used the wireless charger it has worked fine. Downside is the heat issue. Not hot, but warm. But, in a worse case scenario, you could actually charge 3 phones at once if you had to.

[Cookae]

Originally Posted by snowbimmer

My 2022 M850 sticker showed a $250 credit for the wireless charger, too. About 4 months into ownership, while on a long drive, my wife slammed her phone into the charger. I said it didn't work. Why? They didn't put it in. An hour later her phone was charged. Hmmmm. I had been using the USB port in the center console, which works fairly fast.

The times that I have used the wireless charger it has worked fine. Downside is the heat issue. Not hot, but warm. But, in a worse case scenario, you could actually charge 3 phones at once if you had to.

The go to solution is a fast charger 12v socket in the arm rest compartment with two cables and just keep the center console closed for that clean look.

[brlawyer]

Originally Posted by snowbimmer

My 2022 M850 sticker showed a $250 credit for the wireless charger, too. About 4 months into ownership, while on a long drive, my wife slammed her phone into the charger. I said it didn't work. Why? They didn't put it in. An hour later her phone was charged. Hmmmm. I had been using the USB port in the center console, which works fairly fast.

The times that I have used the wireless charger it has worked fine. Downside is the heat issue. Not hot, but warm. But, in a worse case scenario, you could actually charge 3 phones at once if you had to.

My dealer said that the secret to have a "useable" wireless charger in the BMWs is to use a Qi-compatible case that is not too thick. This way things get warm but not hot, and the phone charges without too much of a hassle.