Qi competitors collaborate on wireless charging under AirFuel name

The Alliance for Wireless Power and the Power Matters Alliance have incorporated themselves into the AirFuel Alliance. The alliance for wireless charging thus consists of 195 companies. Products that work on the basis of the standards are given an AirFuel logo.

Over time, the names of the current organizations PMA and A4WP will disappear. From that moment on, products that charge wirelessly based on the standards of the organizations will bear the AirFuel name and the corresponding logo. This involves several, including future standards.

A4WP has so far focused on magnetic resonance, which does not require devices to have direct contact with the charging surface. to make. The PMA was focused on the development of induction, which requires placement in a specific spot on the loading surface. The two organizations have been working closely together since 2014 and have already made their techniques mutually compatible. The two organizations merged earlier this year.

Among the 195 companies that are part of the AirFuel alliance are Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung, Duracell and MediaTek. The big competitor is the induction-based standard Qi that is already integrated in many smartphones and Ikea furniture, among others.