Wireless charging is great, but it's often frustratingly slow,
incompatible with your gadgets, or difficult to use because you can't get your phone to
line up exactly with the charger. Just do it. But low and behold, an upcoming standard might
just solve all of these issues in one fell swoop. I'm talking about Qi2, the long-awaited update
to the original Qi charging standard that came out all the way back in 2010. It's been described
by some outlets as MagSafe for Android, and this is actually pretty fitting.
But you Apple users should pay attention to. Like MagSafe, Qi2 is a magnetic standard,
and Apple had a hand in its development as they, along with Google and Samsung,
are members of the Wireless Power Consortium, who published the standard. Aw, isn't it nice when
gigantic faceless corporate adversaries get along? Not only will this make wireless charging more
convenient and that your devices will now magnetically stick to the charger, but Qi2 should
also really help with making sure the charger is properly aligned with your phone's induction coil.
Which is great news for the millions of us who keep getting those annoying notifications saying
we need to readjust our phone for optimal charging. And despite the simplicity of the design,
there are even more improvements over Qi1 and potentially even MagSafe. We'll tell you what
they are right after we thank the sponsor of this video. The tighter and more precise coupling of the
induction coils also means that there should be less undesirable heat buildup when charging.
Because wireless energy transfer isn't terribly efficient, quite a bit of that energy is wasted
as heat, and in severe cases, heat can even affect the long-term health of your battery. But with
the magnetic design getting the coils as close to each other as possible and as well aligned as
possible, it should be less of a problem with Qi2. Qi2 is also going to allow faster wireless
charging than what we're used to today. The current generation of Qi charging tops out at
15 watts, but this is merely going to be a starting point for Qi2. While it looks like Qi2 devices
won't initially be faster than 15 watts, the standard will support higher charging rates
in the future. You also won't have to worry as much about buying poor quality counterfeit chargers
that don't deliver the advertised performance with Qi2. Unlike the original Qi standard, Qi2
will support a handshaking process where a device can actually just refuse to work with
shoddily built chargers that aren't compliant with the Qi2 spec, or at the very least give you a
warning message. The WPC has come out and said that they can actually get non-compliant devices
delisted from shopping sites like Amazon, making it less likely you'll buy a POS.
But when exactly are we going to start seeing Qi2 devices hit the market? Look for the first ones
in late 2023. These likely will be phones and wireless earbuds. Sometime in mid 2024,
we can expect other devices like tablets and smartwatches to start dropping.
As for the iPhone 15, well, Apple has said hardware-wise it supports the standard,
and the software will support future Qi2 wireless charging, but it's anyone's guess as to when
they'll enable the feature. I would ask Tim Cook myself, but he never returns my calls.
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