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Exclusive: Chipolo on Pixelsnap-like magnetic wireless charging in its latest Bluetooth trackers
The latest Bluetooth trackers from Chipolo feature magnetic alignment and wireless charging, but not the Qi2 spec as you'd expect.
(Image credit: Android Central)Join Namerah Saud Fatmi as she explores the cool, quirky, and sometimes downright odd world of smartphone accessories, gadgets, and other nerdy toys every week. While it may seem like an awful lot of work, Chipolo had a very good reason to forgo Qi2 in favor of the older Qi standard, and Barovič was very straightforward with the explanation. Thus, it made more sense for the designers to adapt magnets into the old Qi spec rather than work with a bulkier Qi2 coil that would ruin the lightness and slimness of the product.
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