Apple may have struggled to get its charging device up and running with more AirPower devices, but right across the horizon is a new technology that promises to make wireless charging truly wireless, and Xiaomi is the last company that promised a world without charging cables – we just don’t know when it will actually arrive.
Charging wirelessly in its current form is certainly convenient, as it allows you to place a device, such as a smartphone or headset, on a buffer to recharge the battery without the need for a cable. But at the same time, It is also restrictive, requiring you to drop a device, but abandon a device on a desk or side table until it is loaded. Really wireless charging is the ideal solution, because as long as you’re in the same room as a wireless power transmitter, your phone will charge no matter where it is, even if you’re still using it.
Sounds like a total science fiction, but the technology also exists in 2016, a company called This is demonstrated working prototypes of its wireless charging system Share at CES. A smartphone (upgraded with a special housing) could be transported anywhere around the company’s stand and would continue to load indefinitely. Today, Xiaomi announced its own wireless charging ecosystem called “Mi Air Charge Technology” which seems to offer similar functionality (and limitations) to Cota Ossia technology.
Instead of wires or a pair of aligned magnetic coils, Mi Air Charge uses a transmitter (about the size of a portable air conditioner) packed with antennas that accurately determine the location of a device and then use beamforming to diffuse wide waves. To her. A smaller separate collection of antennas functions as a receiver inside another device, turning wireless signals into about 5 watts of power, which delivers the iPhone’s small cube charger when connected to an outlet.
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Xiaomi promises that the system can provide power to several devices at the same time, whether it’s a smartphone, a tablet, headphones or even a pair of wirelessly powered batteries, such as Ossia also proved it a few years ago, which ensures that old devices never need a new pair. Distances are still limited to a few meters, or about the size of an average room, but the technology is not hindered by physical obstacles, so the powerful power transmitter can be hidden away from view.
It’s exciting to see that many companies are announcing such wireless charging solutions because they help legitimize technology, but unfortunately, until the present all we really have are ads. Since its debut at CES 2016, Ossia has not yet launched a wireless charging product available to consumers. And today’s announcement by Xiaomi does not even include vague promises about how long it will take for the company to make Mi Air charging technology available outside its own research and development laboratories.
There are considerable challenges in making this technology safe and reliable and, unfortunately, it is not compatible with previous versions.. Going forward, Xiaomi could include the range of compact antenna receivers in its future smartphone, but your iPhone will not work with the system without a special charging case, or Apple agrees to play nice with Xiaomi. There’s no doubt that wireless charging will really be a commonplace day – we might even be able to cover entire cities with wireless power instead of needing a transmitter in every room of a house – but for now, there is still nothing left but a tempting technical demonstration.