News Turns out Qi2 doesn't require magnets, but that kind of defeats the purpose

[AC News]

We all thought that the Qi2 charging standard was bundled with the Magnetic Power Profile, but that isn't the case. Now it's even weirder that Android companies aren't getting on board.

Turns out Qi2 doesn't require magnets, but that kind of defeats the purpose : Read more

 

[klh_io]

There is nothing open source about a spec that requires $18k to see and can't be redistributed. You can do the same, but cheaper, with MagSafe if you apply for MFI.