It could have led to a straightforward naming scheme that makes sense to average users. That's why the WPC carving out the ...

Qi2 was supposed to take MagSafe and make it universal. The Wireless Power Consortium just gave up on that dream.

Only third-party partners of Samsung will produce Galaxy S25 cases with magnetic profiles for wireless charging.

Thanks to changes to the Qi2 specification, smartphone cases can now be “certified” as Qi-compatible “devices.” The result of that change is that, now, smartphone cases can be “certified ...

Qi2 aims to fix the consistency and keep it at 15W, which might be double or triple what you're used to. The better it becomes transferring power, the faster your device becomes charged.

Confused? It just means Samsung’s new flagships lack the magnets that Qi2 certification requires, but they will wirelessly juice at up to 15W on a Qi2 charger when using one of Samsung’s ...

Qi2 is finally happening. Two years after it was announced, Samsung is adopting the latest Qi2 standard in the Galaxy S25 series, but it’s not in the way you probably hoped, and you’re going ...

Given the WPC's confirmation that a phone with the Qi2 logo must have magnets, the Galaxy S25 series' required magnetic case excludes it from Qi2 marketing. Or does it? Enterprising reporters ...