chrisdh79@alien.topB to GadgetsEnglish · 1 year agoQi2 wireless charging spec is here, offering speed boosts and magnets | Many devices will get their first taste of MagSafe-like sticky alignment soon.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkQi2 wireless charging spec is here, offering speed boosts and magnets | Many devices will get their first taste of MagSafe-like sticky alignment soon.arstechnica.comchrisdh79@alien.topB to GadgetsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareSanders0492@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago MagSafe-like Isn’t it literally MagSafe? IIRC Apple pushed Qi2 to adopt their exact specs from MagSafe. I may be wrong though.
minus-squaredotjzzz@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago Isn’t it literally MagSafe? Why is it MagSafe, and not Touchstone?
minus-squareHidaKureku@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI thought the same, but article says the magnet alignment is slightly different.
minus-squareJjex22@alien.topcakeBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSignificantly different or patent-avoidingly different? Tbh the article reads like it’s just so they’re not compatible with Apple, which sounds like avoiding the cost of Apple licensing
Isn’t it literally MagSafe? IIRC Apple pushed Qi2 to adopt their exact specs from MagSafe. I may be wrong though.
Why is it MagSafe, and not Touchstone?
I thought the same, but article says the magnet alignment is slightly different.
Significantly different or patent-avoidingly different?
Tbh the article reads like it’s just so they’re not compatible with Apple, which sounds like avoiding the cost of Apple licensing