#qi22

#qi22

I've been onboard the wireless charging train for nearly a decade, and still remember being excited to finally have a device I could try it with when I bought my iPhone 8 in 2017. Wireless charging felt like magic,despite the fact that it was slow and unreliable, that it wasn't all that unusual to pick up your phone to find it was both way too hot and hadn't charged at all. We've come a long, long way since then.

As the name suggests, this is a 3-in-1 combination charging stand for the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. The iPhone clamps onto a Qi2.2-compatible MagSafe charging pad that can deliver up to 25W to compatible devices -- the iPhone 15 and newer -- to charge from flat to 50% in around 30 minutes. Older iPhones can still use the charging pad, albeit with slower charging speeds.

Kuxiu already made my favorite 3-in-1 Qi2 charger, and now it's back with an even smaller yet more powerful version. The MagSafe-compatible Qi2.2 charger folds up super compact for travel and unfurls into a "Z" to simultaneously charge an Apple Watch, AirPods, or other Qi-enabled earbuds, and a Qi2 25W phone like the new Pixel 10 Pro XL and iPhone 17 series - all from a single USB-C cable.

Every year at IFA, we see a hundred different takes on the wireless charger, and almost all of them are boring. They're faster, or thinner, or have one more coil than last year's model. It's a category that has felt stuck in a loop of minor iteration, a solution that only halfway solves the problem of cable clutter by creating its own form of desk clutter.

Ugreen claims to have developed the world's first Qi2.2-certified power bank capable of wirelessly charging devices at speeds up to 25W, exceeding the current 15W maximum.