The announcement of the Qi2 wireless charging standard got many Android fans excited about the prospect of MagSafe-like magnets being built into phones. Well, that hasn't quite turned out like we ...

Qi2 has launched to bring Apple MagSafe-style wireless charging with magnets to Android and inside cheaper chargers made by Anker, Belkin, Nomad, and Mophie.

Qi2 is the latest wireless charging standard that most devices will adopt going forward. When it was first announced, we were most excited to hear about the Magnetic Power Profile (MPP) where a ...

Samsung already has a 3-in-1 Qi2 charger ready for the latest Galaxy S25 series. A leaked certificate from the WPC website ...

The Qi2 wireless charging spec was originally announced back in early 2023.However, Android phone makers haven’t exactly been rushing to add Qi2 support to their latest devices since then.

Qi2 wireless charging is built into the iPhone 15 and 16 family. As of iOS 17.2, Apple brought the technology to all iPhone 13 and 14 models as well.

At CES 2025, two years after Qi2 was first introduced, the first update to the standard was released. It brings “Qi2 Ready,” as well as new support for chargers that have a moving coil.

Before the launch of the Qi2 standard, Apple's MagSafe wireless charger was also the only way to get faster 15-watt wireless charging to work on an iPhone, with Apple citing that the magnets ...

Unfortunately, when it came to adding support for the Qi2 wireless charging standard to devices in 2024, it feels like Android phone makers were stuck on outdated patch notes.

The Satechi Qi2 Trio is a great portable wireless MagSafe charger, especially if you have Qi2 compatible devices. I’d recommend it. Satechi Qi2 Trio $129.99. Design 9.5/10. Setup 10.0/10.

The idea behind Qi2 is to improve upon what wireless charging already offers in a bunch of different ways. This includes adding magnets, with the help of MagSafe developers Apple, while also ...