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    The future of wireless charging

    Nov 17, 2020 4 minutes
    WRITTEN BY ALEX BLAKE

    Q A Apple is not a company that enjoys giving up on a good idea. Take its planned wireless charging mat, AirPower, for example. This would have allowed you to charge multiple devices anywhere on the pad’s surface, but Apple ultimately could not get it to market. When Apple regretfully announced the termination of its pet project in late March 2019, the firm said, “We continue to believe that the future is wireless and are committed to push the wireless experience forward.”

    Look at Apple today and that assertion appears to be truer than ever, with the company bringing wireless charging to an increasing number of devices – not least with the arrival of MagSafe on the new iPhone 12

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