
The MagSafe Duo charger can be folded when not in use. The Apple Watch charger disc can be raised to a 90 degree angle to charge a watch with a closed wristband. The MagSafe Duo Charger is a foldable charging mat with a MagSafe charger on one side and an Apple Watch charger on the other. Users have reported MagSafe Chargers leaving circular imprints on leather cases. Devices without MagSafe need to be manually aligned as they do not have the built-in array of magnets that interlock with MagSafe. MagSafe can also charge other Qi-certified devices, including older iPhone models and AirPods, though testing has found that MagSafe charges significantly slower than 7.5 W Qi chargers on iPhones older than the iPhone 12 series. The Wall Street Journal found MagSafe charged at half the speed of a 20W wired charger. The MagSafe Charger delivers up to 15 W of power on the iPhone 12, 13, 14 and 15 series, with the exception of the iPhone 12 Mini and 13 Mini, which support 12 W.

The MagSafe Charger is a single charging pad that contains recyclable rare-earth magnets surrounding a Qi wireless charging coil attached to a 1m USB-C cable. Chargers and accessories MagSafe Charger In 2023, the Wireless Power Consortium announced the Qi2 standard that is based on MagSafe.
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On 18 October 2021, Apple released the 3rd generation AirPods and an updated SKU of AirPods Pro with a bundled MagSafe charging case. The MagSafe receptacle on iPhones, internally called MagSafe Attach, uses magnets to align automatically and attach to a Qi charger, ensuring reliable charging. Apple's chargers based on MagSafe are their first to use the Qi standard, following the development of AirPower.
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However, it was canceled in early 2019 due to overheating issues due to the many overlapping coils.Īpple announced MagSafe along with the iPhone 12 series on 13 October 2020 during the “Hi, Speed” Apple Special Event as a universal ecosystem of wireless charging and accessories. In 2017, Apple announced AirPower, a wireless charging mat capable of charging an iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch (which uses a proprietary wireless charging system) simultaneously and the devices could be placed anywhere on the mat. MagSafe was discontinued across MacBooks in 2019, but reintroduced with 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models released in October 2021. It began to be phased out upon the release of the fourth-generation MacBook Pro in 2016, which used USB-C for charging. The MagSafe name was first used by Apple for the power connectors of its MacBook lineup, beginning with the 2006 MacBook Pro. In 2021, Apple released the MagSafe Battery Pack and added MagSafe charging to AirPods and AirPods Pro. Apple has also licensed the MagSafe standard to third parties to develop chargers and cases. Īpple released two chargers using the MagSafe standard in 2020: the MagSafe Charger, a single charging pad for iPhone, and the MagSafe Duo Charger, a charging mat with MagSafe and an Apple Watch charger. The charger uses a circle of rare earth magnets. The connector also enables connecting non-charger accessories such as card holders and cases with communication through an integrated NFC loop. It provides up to 15 W of power and is compatible with the open Qi standard for up to 7.5 W of power. It was announced on 13 October 2020, in conjunction with the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro series.

for its iPhone and AirPods product lines. MagSafe is a proprietary, magnetically attached wireless power transfer and accessory-attachment standard developed by Apple Inc. Smartphone wireless power transfer connector
