You know how the Qi2 was billed as “MagSafe for Android”? Well, it turns out that’s not the case. The Qi2 (pronounced “chee”) is split into two profiles, and only one of them uses magnets.
The Magnetic Power Profile (MPP) was provided by Apple and is essentially MagSafe without the Apple branding. There is also the Extended Power Profile (EPP), which is an improvement over the original Qi, but does not include magnets.
There are ways to determine which devices support MPP and which don’t, but it’s not easy. Early guidelines suggested that the Qi2 logo should be inside a circle if the device had magnets. No magnet, no circle. However, it seems the WPC has changed its mind on this, and not without causing some confusion.
The HMD Skyline became the first Android to support Qi2 and it has built-in magnets, so it supports MPP charging. The logo on its box doesn't have a circle. What's going on?
Other guidelines state that products without magnets must use the original Qi logo instead of the Qi2 logo, and that's what HMD has done. WPC's November press release suggests doing just that, but the ChargeWithQi.com page still displays the circular logo.
Do you know what would have been the best way to avoid all this confusion? Make magnets mandatory on Qi2 devices. Oh well.
The HMD Skyline supports MPP, unlike the Galaxy Ring
Note: The TA-1600 and TA-1688 are just variants of the Skyline.
Interestingly, the Samsung Galaxy Ring case also supports Qi2 (here's its WPC database entry), but it doesn't have magnets. And oddly enough, Xiaomi makes a Qi2 magnetic power bank, though no phone can use it properly. Some iPhone users might buy a Xiaomi battery, though.
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