Faster Qi2.2 wireless power banks are on the way

Ugreen says its caller Qi2.2 wireless powerfulness slope is coming aboriginal this year. | Image: Ugreen

Ugreen has announced what it claims is the “world’s archetypal Qi2.2-certified powerfulness bank” that tin wireless complaint devices astatine speeds of up to 25W. Most wireless chargers successful the US presently max retired astatine conscionable 15W of powerfulness delivery, but the Ugreen MagFlow Magnetic Power Bank volition propulsion that to 25W, matching the velocity of the updated MagSafe charger Apple introduced alongside its iPhone 16 lineup past September.

The 10,000mAh MagFlow Magnetic Power Bank features a built-in USB-C charging cablegram that doubles arsenic a lanyard erstwhile not successful usage alternatively of retracting, an further USB-C larboard for charging aggregate devices astatine once, and a tiny surface showing its remaining capacity. However, due to the fact that the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has not yet finalized the Qi2.2 standard, Ugreen hasn’t provided circumstantial details connected erstwhile its caller powerfulness slope volition beryllium disposable speech from a Q3 2025 launch. The institution besides isn’t acceptable to speech astir pricing yet.

Companies similar Apple and Google person recovered ways to propulsion the charging speeds of Qi2 devices and chargers good past 15W, but the Qi2.2 modular is expected to summation speeds to arsenic overmuch arsenic 50W. 

We’ll spot however that compares to wired charging options erstwhile it’s really available, though, arsenic each charging rates thin to spell up and down passim a rhythm to support the instrumentality and its battery, and to forestall overheating. Other improvements coming with the Qi2.2 modular see the usage of stronger magnets to amended alignment and reliability, powerfulness output that tin dynamically adjust, and information features, including amended overseas entity detection.