Several tech experts say YouTube videos can help remove water from a wet iPhone or even Android phone.

Soaking a water-damaged phone in rice is nothing new. You can achieve the same result by playing a YouTube video, suggest David Pierce and iFixit at The Verge.

Several YouTube videos claim to remove water from your phone. One such video titled “Sound to Remove Water from Phone Speaker (GUARANTEED)” has been viewed over 45 million times.

Commenters beneath the video have formed a community in the comments section, sharing that they keep coming back to the video whenever their phone gets wet.

Pierce wanted to find out for himself, so he teamed up with the folks at iFixit to conduct the test. They chose an iPhone 13, a Pixel 7 Pro, a Pixel 3, and a Nokia 7.1 for the experiment and submerged them all in a UV bath for about a minute. Then they took the phones out, played one of the YouTube videos, and left the phones outside overnight.

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The next day, they found the Pixel 7 Pro with almost no water, the Nokia 7.1 ruined, and the iPhone 13 and Pixel 3 somewhere in between.

It’s worth noting that the sound pressure initially pushed out some water, but the video was only able to remove water from the speaker area. When the ‌iPhone‌ was opened, UV dye showed spots in other places, meaning the water didn’t drain out of the entire phone.

The Apple Watch has a special feature that uses sound to expel water from the device. However, this feature is not available on the iPhone as it has more holes and cavities where water can enter.

Bottom line: If your phone gets wet, playing one of these YouTube videos on how to remove water might help, but the best solution is still to prevent your phone from getting wet in the first place.