The Qi standard
wireless chargers are flooding the market and now tech giant Google has also
launched a new wireless phone charger. Their latest
offering is the latest version of their previous charger and it is supposed to support
the newly launched Nexus 5 and the Nexus 7 devices. The information available
so far point towards a few design changes and functionality improvements.
The major change
that is visible to everyone is that the shape of the charger has changed from
its previous round avatar. The current charger is a square one which is
supposed to provide better stability if used as a car charger. The charger
looks quite sleek at a glance and quite robust too. Not sure why the
trapezoidal shape was chosen as the charger is a little narrow at the bottom. As
per the information gained so far, the charger will have magnet to keep the
devices in place.
The devices must
have inbuilt magnets as well for the magnetic feature of the charger to work.
Whether this magnet can interfere with the compass and gyroscope of the devices
is still to be seen. This idea was definitely borrowed from the TouchStone
docks developed by Palm. If the idea works flawlessly then it will be a boon
for car charger users as the chances of the phone slipping off the receiver pad
will be very less.
This charger
will be able to support any device compatible with the Qi charging standard.
So, the Nexus 4 users can seamlessly move to this charger. From the limited
testing done so far, it is evident that the charger is capable of supporting Qi
devices from other manufacturers as well. Some users expected a boost in the
charging speed but that has not happened unfortunately. The Google wireless
charger will charge your smartphones roughly at the same speed as other
chargers in the market.
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There are other chargers also available in the market and they are very similar to the Google charger. For example, the China based company CHOE has a quality wireless charger available for sale and it is about as good as the Google one. The CHOE wireless charger is available for buying from Amazon and it costs only 29.99 USD. The magnet is surely a nice touch for the Google charger but whether it is as effective as the projections claim is yet to be seen.
Of course, Google pushing its own wireless chargers is a great boost for the Qi wireless charging standard. The Google charger is available for sale from Google Play store. We are expecting the charger to hit the online portals and other outlets pretty soon. Only through testing will tell whether the Google charger is as innovative as its other products. But for now, if you are Google fan and love every product released by them, you should definitely go ahead and buy the Google wireless phone charger for the latest Google Nexus 5 that you are surely going to buy as well.
