Microsoft and Samsung join the board for Qi wireless charging

Qi wireless charging is heavily supported with Windows Telephone, especially since Nokia utilises the technology in most of its premium Lumia smartphones. Today, the Wireless Power Consortium announced that both Microsoft and Samsung Electro-Mechanics (a subsidy of Samsung) have joined the board.

This board drives Qi'southward adoption across mobile hardware and other technologies and the motility for Microsoft makes sense as the company prepares to take Nokia'southward hardware partitioning.

The two parties join the likes of IKEA, ZTE and others. The master rival of Qi, PMA is as well attempting to attract companies to its own board, which has seen AT&T include PMA wireless charging in the Lumia 1520. With both Microsoft and Samsung more involved with Qi, nosotros can expect to see further development across multiple platforms and industries. WPC states that the new recruits are taking "a leading role supporting the widespread adoption."

Overall, it's a sizeable win for Qi and WPC with Microsoft looking to pb Windows Telephone and Samsung already dominating the Android space.

Press Release

PISCATAWAY, N.J., March 10, 2022 – The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) appear today that Microsoft and Samsung Electro-Mechanics take joined its board. The WPC board drives Qi's adoption beyond mobile devices, cars, infrastructure, accessories, and products equally the leading standard for wireless charging worldwide.

"Microsoft and Samsung Electro-Mechanics are important players in furthering Qi's adoption in more devices, cars, products, and places," said John Perzow, Vice President of Market Evolution at WPC. "Qi leads the way in wireless charging with the fastest advances in anterior and resonance technology while ensuring compatibility with the unabridged 40+ 1000000 strong Qi ecosystem. That ways that today and tomorrow, Qi products will proceed to have the best features and will ever piece of work at any Qi charging spot, in the home, office, car and public locations."

As Microsoft and Samsung Electro-Mechanics join the WPC lath, WPC's membership continues to significantly grow in the by few months, with new members including IKEA, ZTE Corporation, Aircharge and many others. This growth continues the development, advancement, and adoption of the Qi specification.

Mobile carriers around the earth including Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo, O2, and Telefonica, are contributing to the adoption of Qi by selling tens of millions of phones integrated with Qi wireless charging. Consumers can now choose from over sixty mobile phones, tablets and accessories, including the Samsung Galaxy S5, S4, and S3; LG Google Nexus 4; Google Nexus 7; Nokia Lumia 1520 and 1020; LG Optimus G Pro; and HTC Droid DNA.

Qi is the but integrated wireless charging solution available in vehicles. Qi is integrated in the 2022 Jeep Cherokee; the Toyota Avalon, Prius, and Harrier; and Ssangyong Chairman. Recently, Audi unveiled its updated Phone Box middle console featuring Qi. Daimler has as well announced that Mercedes-Benz will be introducing Qi uniform charging for phones and tablets in its cars in 2022. CE4A, a working group of leading automobile manufacturers, made Qi the wireless charging choice for Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, and Porsche.

The Qi standard ensures interoperability, regardless of manufacturer or make, and offers simplicity, convenience and flexibility. Qi is backed by more than 200 leading companies of the WPC, and continues to abound as the global leader in wireless charging.

Going beyond Dark Souls gameplay

Elden Ring: New gameplay mechanics you need to know about

While Elden Ring brings back many of the gameplay systems that Dark Souls players are used to, the game as well features a variety of new mechanics as well. Here'due south everything you demand to know about what's new in FromSoftware's open-world action RPG.

Ahead of a 2022 release, Grounded has already reached 10 million players

Bigger than the lawn

Ahead of a 2022 release, Grounded has already reached ten one thousand thousand players

Grounded, the unique survival game from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios, has already crossed x million players while in early admission. The team is continuing to work on new updates and content ahead of Grounded'due south official release, now slated for sometime in 2022.

Solid Foundations

ASUS ROG Strix X570-E is the best motherboard for Ryzen 9 5900X

The motherboard can evidence a blessing or a hindrance when used with high-performance processors similar the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, depending on which you become for. We've rounded up the best B550 and X570 motherboards that are compatible with the new Ryzen processor.