I Tested A Qi2.2 Portable Charger, And Can't Recommend It To Pixel Users Enough

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It only feels for illustration yesterday that nan 15W Qi2 modular superseded nan original Qi wireless charging modular -- Qi goes backmost to July 2010, while Qi2 deed nan segment successful April 2023 -- but now sees Qi2.2 make an appearance. This bumps up nan wireless charging powerfulness to 25W and adds a raft of powerfulness guidance and overseas entity discovery features.

While nan only smartphone to support Qi 2.2 correct now is Google's Pixel 10 Pro XL -- but iOS 26 adds support for this caller modular to nan iPhone 16 statement (except for nan iPhone 16e), and it's apt that nan upcoming iPhone 17 (or astatine slightest immoderate flavors of this caller handset) will besides support this faster charging -- charger and powerfulness slope makers person been speedy to jump connected this caller standards.

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One of those is Ugreen, and I've been testing their caller MagFlow 10,000mAh/37Wh Qi2 25W powerfulness bank (while nan modular is Qi2.2, nan branding calls it Qi2 25W, yeah, confusing, I know!). 

That 25W wireless charging pad tin return an iPhone 16 Pro Max from level to 50% successful 30 minutes, arsenic opposed to astir 45 minutes for a 15W charging pad. 

The powerfulness slope is hose safe, and moreover sports nan Airline Friendly logo, truthful you shouldn't person immoderate problems, moreover successful countries specified arsenic China that are taking powerfulness banks connected craft seriously.

Yes, it's Airline Friendly!

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Putting speech nan wireless charging pad's 25W potential, nan MagFlow powerfulness slope has a very premium consciousness acknowledgment to its soft, rubberized look and value polymer construction. The corners are rounded, and nan edges are nicely chamfered, truthful location are nary crisp edges to flick into soma aliases burst done a bag.

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On nan side, there's a mini yet easy-to-read LED surface that shows nan battery's capacity and whether it's charging via a cablegram aliases wirelessly.

The LCD surface is bright, simple, and easy to read.

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Speaking of cables, there's a built-in USB-C 22cm cablegram that's soft yet tough, truthful you're ne'er without one, and it besides doubles arsenic a lanyard. There's besides a USB-C port. 

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Both nan cablegram and nan larboard tin beryllium utilized to complaint nan powerfulness bank, and some support input and output powerfulness up to 30W. The MagFlow powerfulness slope is packed pinch each nan information features that you'd expect from a modern powerfulness bank, and is built to last.

Why I urge this product

Not everyone needs a Qi2.2 powerfulness bank, moreover if you person a instrumentality that supports nan standard, but if you do person a supported instrumentality and you want nan fastest charging speeds, aliases you want to bargain thing that's sewage a fewer years of future-proofing, past nan Ugreen 10,000mAh MagFlow is worthy nan $90 value tag. I can't responsibility this powerfulness slope successful position of value aliases performance. 

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