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New Qi2 25W Wireless Charging Coming to “Major” Android Smartphones

Kellen July 23, 2025 6

The initial introduction of Qi2 in 2023 to the world has been mostly a bust. The standard was created as a way for all smartphones and accessories to adopt magnetic alignment wireless charging, basically using Apple's MagSafe technology. Unfortunately, none of...

Galaxy S25 Gets Qi2.1 Support Even Without Built-in Magnets

Kellen January 27, 2025 3

The Galaxy S25 is here with all of the proper specs to carry Samsung through 2025 as their flagship S series and that now includes meeting the criteria for next-generation wireless charging. The Samsung Galaxy S25 series is apparently one of the first in the...

Samsung Announces Desktop Monitor With Built-In Qi Wireless Charging

Tim July 27, 2015 25

With the introduction of more technology over the past few years, it seems that our desks are becoming more cluttered than they have ever been. We simultaneously need smartwatch chargers, chargers for phones, tablets, and heck, maybe even a charger for Google...

Qi Wireless Charging is About to Get a Whole Lot Faster

Kellen June 24, 2015 95

The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) announced this morning that a new Qi wireless power standard specification "paves the way for fast charging of mobile phones." In other words, wireless charging will soon have fast charging capabilities, similar to what is...

Samsung’s New Galaxy S6 Teaser Hints at Quick Charging, Powerful Performance

Kellen February 17, 2015 71

Samsung isn't done talking about the future of quick and/or wireless charging in the Galaxy S6, even though it just penned an entire piece about the subject. To continue the conversation, they posted a short video through their Samsung Mobile Twitter account...

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Will Help You Enter a Wireless Charging World Like Never Before

Kellen February 17, 2015 112

In a post penned to the company's Samsung Tomorrow blog this morning, Samsung all but confirmed that wireless charging will be a major feature in the next line of Galaxy devices, like the Galaxy S6. The post talks about wireless charging standards, combining...

Ultra Fast Wireless Charging for Tablets and Big Phones Will Soon be a Thing

Kellen December 8, 2014 97

Thanks to the introduction of the world's first 15 Watt Qi-compliant wireless charging solution by Freescale, ultra fast wireless charging of tablets and big-screened phones will soon be a thing. Most traditional wireless charging units deliver at 5 Watts, but...

TYLT Debuts the VÜ CAR and VÜ SOLO, Qi-enabled Charging Accessories for the Road

Kyle October 28, 2014 37

TYLT makes just about every charging accessory imaginable, but there are two categories the manufacturer had not tried its hand at - car chargers and power mats. That is changing today with the debut of the VÜ CAR and VÜ SOLO. The VÜ CAR, as the name implies,...