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Will these devices charge on a normal Qi charging pad?

• brycethornton 8y ago
  Yes
  • ProAm 8y ago
    Interesting. I wonder what the high standard hang up was for apple then? It's an older technology (Qi), or I wonder if the hardware team was pulled off of new products to go back and fix the keyboards they are still having issues? Or maybe it was wasnt going to sell at a price point to bring in enough margin?
    • rhodysurf 8y ago
      Its not true. Apple Watches dont use Qi charging so that was at least one hurdle.
    • ihuman 8y ago
      They were trying to use multiple overlapping "3D" charging coils so you could place multiple devices in any orientation, but supposedly it was causing overheating issues
• ptmcc 8y ago
  My iPhone 8 works on a regular fast-charging Qi pad, I'd hope that the Airpods are the same way.
  • MBCook 8y ago
    They do. The Apple Watch is the only thing that doesn’t use Qi.
• favorited 8y ago
  Yes. The concept behind AirPower was multi-device charging on a single mat.
• crooked-v 8y ago
  Yes.
• rhodysurf 8y ago
  Not the apple watch. That was the draw of it.
  • jzl 8y ago
    Was AirPower supposed to support the watch? I don't see how that would be possible given the curved shape of the watch back.
    • Eric_WVGG 8y ago
      eh? The back of the watch itself is flat. John Gruber says he saw a prototype backstage of an event a couple years ago, put his watch on and it started charging just fine, incidentally.
      • quailmaster 8y ago
        The back of the watch is very much curved. It's not as noticeable when people are wearing them because the watch sits right in between your wrist bones. https://i.gzn.jp/img/2018/09/21/apple-watch-series-4-open/p4590955.jpg https://i.gzn.jp/img/2018/09/21/apple-watch-series-4-open/p4...
        • Dylan16807 8y ago
          It's flat enough to stay inside a 7mm charging range. (Or the inch plus that newer chargers can supposedly do.)
        • Eric_WVGG 8y ago
          gah. You're right, I'm wrong. Dumb.