This wireless charging station could do two-thirds of what AirPower promised

Nearly five months have passed since one of the most remarkable records of all Friday: March 29th, Apple suddenly canceled the AirPower wireless charging mat that supposedly has the ability to simultaneously charge your iPhone, Apple Watch and your AirPod, no matter where you put it. their. But the Zens wireless charging company is betting that it can do what Apple could not do by introducing the Liberty Zens.

Zens says Liberty uses a set of 16 overlapping wireless charging coils to allow you to charge your Qi compatible devices from anywhere on the carpet – just like AirPower was supposed to, although AirPower has 21 and 24 reels. The Zens Liberty can charge two devices at a time, unlike the three devices provided by AirPower, but it charges each at 15 watts, faster than most wireless chargers. By the way, your Apple Watch may not work: no promotional Zens support indicates it on the charger.

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We also do not know if the Zens Liberty multi-coil design overcomes the technical problems that would have caused AirPower to leak, including overheating and possibly the release of stronger signals than US and European regulations would have allowed. If Apple could not understand it, I am rather skeptical. Zens managed to do it.

If you're ready to roll the dice on such a new product, Zens says the Zens Liberty will be available in two flavors in November: a $ 139.99 "Kvadrat Edition" with a nice fabric over it of aluminum. matte, and a limited edition glass of $ 179.99, which replaces the fabric with a glass pane that allows you to see the carpet's load coils underneath.

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For an available AirPower alternative, we recommend the SliceCharge Pro from Hard Cider Labs, which, although it only has six charge coils, can charge two devices on the rug as well as an Apple Watch via an integrated watch charger .