There will be words that we will soon stop saying. The most famous of these will of course be:Don’t have an iPhone charger?” Thanks to the European Union’s desire to standardize the charging of devices with a wired port (smartphones, tablets, computers and portable consoles, etc.), USB-C is now standardIn addition to helping reduce electronic waste, this decision also greatly simplifies the lives of users who no longer have to juggle between different dedicated chargers.
However, the legislation put into effect by the EU does not require full standardization. One of the most obvious examples of this is connected watchesWhere each manufacturer is free to choose their charging system. It is clear that they do not hesitate to do so. From 2023 onwards, you can charge an Apple Watch Ultra 2 with the charger of the first Apple Watch from 2015. Impossible to use watch charger under WearOS.THE Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), at its origin Qi wireless charging standardwants to fix it.
WPC wants a universal charger for smartwatches soon
In an interview for ChargerLAB at the end of this article, the group’s general manager, Paul Stuhsaker, reveals a passion that couldn’t be clearer.By 2026, we hope to have a smartwatch standard that will allow X-in-1 chargers to have a single charging point compatible with most, if not all, commonly available smartwatches on the market.“.
We are talking about something universal charger for connected watchesAlthough the form it will take has not yet been detailed. Apple, which had to say goodbye Lightning porttrying to impose its own technology may succeed. After all, magnetic charging MagSafe inspired new Qi2 standardAlthough the possibility of a charger compatible with all smartwatches emerging seems tempting, it is important to keep this in mind for now. Nothing can force manufacturers to adopt it..
