In any case, the Galaxy S25 does support the Qi 2.1.0 (they insist the zero be added and is important) specifications, as listed by the Wireless Power Consortium, which includes: 1. Fast charging: transmitters and receivers can handle up to 15 watts of power. 2. Qi transmitters can be operated using USB power. 3. Better foreign object detection.

Qi 2.1 doesn't bring any improvements to charging speed, which is surely one of the things that a lot of people were hoping for. At the same time, it doesn't make inbuilt magnetic rings mandatory—in the case of the Galaxy S25 family, the magnets still don't show up inside the phone itself.

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The company’s new smartphones do not have Qi2 wireless charging built in natively. Just give me my magnetic Android phone already!

Samsung markets the Galaxy S25 phones as "Qi2-ready". What does this mean? Well, it means that they do support wireless charging, but they do not have magnetic rings on their backs. However, if you buy one of the official or unofficial cases that do have a ring of magnets — voilà, you now have a "Qi2 phone".

The world was super excited at the announcement of Qi2 back at the end of 2023, because we all assumed it would mean Apple’s MagSafe magnets inside Android phones, opening up a massive catalog of accessories that only iPhones had previously been able to use.

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