TL; DR
- Qi2 25W (Qi 2.2.1) wireless charging is official, boosting speed from 15W to 25W.
- WPC says 14 products are already certified and “several hundred” more are queued, including “major Android smartphones.”
- Android brands still aren’t adopting native Qi2, instead using Qi 2.2, which uses magnets inside the case.
The Wireless Power Consortium has officially launched Qi2 25W (or Qi 2.2.1), a new standard promising faster, more efficient wireless charging, up from 15W to 25W. Certification is already rolling out, and WPC claims that hundreds of devices are in line for testing, including Android phones, chargers, and power banks.
But here’s the thing: almost no Android phone actually supports true Qi2. The only one that does, as of now, is the HMD Skyline. It’s the first and only phone with real Qi2 support, which includes built-in magnets, like Apple’s MagSafe.
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Other Android phones are technically Qi2 “compatible,” but only if you slap on a special case with magnets. This is being referred to as Qi 2.2, which somehow still falls under the “Qi2” label. The naming is messy. Realistically, any phone could claim to support that if you add a magnet ring to a case.
WPC is pushing the faster speeds as a response to user demand, and sure, going from 15W to 25W is a big deal (nearly 70% faster). But for Android, unless manufacturers start adding native magnetic support, this is just another case of standards being bent for marketing.
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Right now, just 14 products, ranging from phones to accessories, have completed certification testing under the new Qi2 25W label. According to WPC, “several hundred devices” are in line for testing.
Most of those are likely to be chargers, power banks, and accessories, not smartphones. So while WPC’s announcement paints a rosy picture of “hundreds” of upcoming devices, we’re still far from seeing Android manufacturers fully commit to the Qi2 vision.
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