Ever since the Pixel 10 was released last year, Qi2 magnets have been a love-hate relationship – I love using them, but I hate that, somehow, the Pixel 10 is the only Android phone that has them. It’s crazy to me that no other Android brand has taken this feature seriously, and that we still have no word of that changing.
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The Qi2 standard with magnets was announced in early 2023, over three years ago, with the promise of bringing the idea behind Apple’s MagSafe to the industry as a whole.
Three years later, Android brands are largely still ignoring it.
Google’s Pixel 10 series was the first true embrace of Qi2 from Android, and it’s been wonderful. Being able to use the Pixel 10 not only with Google’s “Pixelsnap” accessories, but a whole host of other Qi2 and MagSafe accessories really builds out an experience that you don’t get elsewhere on Android. No matter how you use the device, no matter what case you use, it all works.
