Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Wireless charging gets needed clarity as A4WP and PMA sign agreement

Nate Swanner

Wireless charging is a feature we’d like to see on more phones, but it’s just not being implemented quickly. Part of that has to do with competing standards, and a fragmented space. today, the A4WP and PMA, tow of the larger wireless churning powers, have announced they’ve signed an agreement to work together. It’s great news, but leaves another out in the cold.


The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and Power Matters Alliance (PMA) have signed an agreement to allow their technology to work using the same satandard. That doesn’t mean they are combining efforts, per se, just that they’re ready to move forward with the same standards, hopefully bringing their charging technology to more devices. A common certification process should bring one — if not both — charging standards into mainstream use.

Kamil Grajski, president of the A4WP said “We believe that companies that have been evaluating and hesitating to integrate wireless charging into their consumer electronics products will now have a reason to go forward”. Though a step in the right direction, it leaves the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) out. The WPC utilizes Qi, which is one you see on various devices currently. Though nobody is clear on just what the WPC will do in response to this announcement, they have options.

The agreement is not limited, and the WPC can join up to streamline the process for OEMs wishing to implement wireless charging. With a single standard, the choice then becomes which process is the right one for each device, which will naturally vary. This decision might fragment the wireless charging space in a new way, but it also serves as a long-term fix to a problem starting to spiral out of control.

VIA: CNET



source: androidcommunity

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