Best wireless charger 2022: Top 12 ranked for Android and iPhone

Best Wireless Chargers Android Central 2022

It's a dream to have the best wireless charging system, it will break you out of the old habit of having to plug in your phone every time you want to use it. If you want to quit wearing out your phone's charging port, get yourself a wireless charging port. It is now easier than ever to stick to one cable when you have more wireless charging points.

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For the few devices that support it right now, and for everyone else as needed, this can output 15W, plus 10W/ 7.5W and 5W for everyone else. It has a sleek look and takes Power Delivery or QuickCharge.

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iOttie is better known for its mounts for cars, but it is also the best stand on the market. The 5W pad next to the stand is perfect for your earbuds or other wireless devices. Only Dark Grey is 15W and made for the internet.

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The flat pads and stands are available in black or white. The outer edge has non-stick pads to keep your phone in place, and it comes with an AC adapter so you can skip the confusion.

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Spigen's convertible Qi charger can either lie flat like a standard charging pad or unfold into a stand, which can be used to prop up your device while you work on the computer or eat a midnight snack. It doesn't like Power Delivery input, but it's still cheap and plentiful.

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The top and bottom of the charger are non-slip to keep it from sliding. The indicator is gentle and won't keep you up at night. It supports 15W charging for newer phones.

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iOttie combines the most popular car mount on the market with a reliable charging pad so you can top up your phone's power.

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If you pair this dual wireless charging pad with a 45W Power Delivery wall charger, you can charge two phones at the same time, and even charge a power bank. The fabric is lovely and ages gracefully.

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There are a variety of fun colors and patterns to choose from, and the luxury chargers are covered with fabric and non-slip texture. It supports up to 10W charging and 7.5W standards.

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You can charge your phone at up to 18W with Power Delivery wired charging. When I forget the cables, I can still charge at 10W with this phone-sized bank.

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I am in love with the sleek style of the wireless charging pad that was refreshed during the launch of the S21 series. This is a 10W wireless charger tailored to the specific needs of your phone, and can be adjusted according to your time and settings.

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Ampere's Unravel is one of the more unique wireless charging points that allow you to charge three devices at the same time. You can either prop up one device or take up less space by folding it up.

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The side supports on the stand help ensure that the device is held in landscape orientation, and I like how this stand helps with that. The phones are charged at 10W and 7.5W.

The best wireless chargers for Android, iPhone, and beyond

Ara Wagoner is from Android Central.

For a flat pad, Belkin has made a comeback in the wireless charging space over the last year with a variety of 10W and 15W wireless chargers. The wireless charging profiles that Apple and SAMSUNG use for their phones are still supported by them. You can use the fast chargers you already have on hand with the PowerWave Alloy, it's slim, non-slip and can use either QuickCharge or Power Delivery.

The Unravel 3+1 is a unique multi-port charger that I recommend when you want to go vertical. It can be folded up into a stand when you need to charge a phone, but when you don't, it folds into three separate charging pads. It can be folded accordion-style to fit on a nightstand or a crowded desk. The iOttie iON Wireless Duo is a good choice if you want to charge your true wireless earbuds. The design and texture of the stand are very premium, and it's very reasonable.

Standards, standards, and more standards: What makes a good Qi charger so hard to find

Wireless charging has been around for a long time, but they have gained steam in the last three years since Apple added the ability to charge the phone with a Qi cable. Just as we once had to make sure a fast wired charger was compatible with the particular standard our phone used, wireless chargers have a number of different charging standards and protocols that are hard to remember. The actual charging specifications are the most important standards on a Qi charger.

• 15W EPP: This is the Qi Wireless Consortium's "Extended Power Profile," and it's a relatively open standard, though the list of phones using it right now is relatively small, including LG phones, the Google Pixel 5, and the OnePlus 8 Pro (when not using OnePlus's own charger for proprietary 30W wireless charging).
• 15W Samsung: This is technically Samsung Fast Charge Wireless 2.0, and we've yet to find any chargers with this speed spec outside Samsung's own 15W Wireless Charger Stand. You can only charge the Note 10 Series and the S20 Series at 15W right now, and even then, the actual charging speed is more like 12W.
• 10W Qi: Of the 10W charging specs, the standard 10W is what most chargers and Android support. This can sometimes be using the EPP profile, sometimes it's not, and sometimes it's not the standard Qi because it's actually the Samsung profile instead.
• 10W Samsung: This is technically Samsung Fast Charge 1.0, and for a lot of wireless chargers, this is the 10W standard they mean when they say they're a 10W charger. The charging speed you'll see on a compatible Samsung device is closer to 9W than 10W.
• 7.5W Apple: 7.5W is the charging speed used for iPhones, and as such, it's become a charging speed offered on almost all wireless chargers. Wondering where 15W Apple charging is? It's currently limited to first-party Apple chargers.
• 5W Qi: This is the basic Qi profile that all Qi chargers should support. Even if you can't fast-charge your particular phone on a particular charger, you should always be able to get 5W charging if your device supports Qi charging.

Since we don't have a wireless charger that supports all of these, we have to look for one that supports the standards we think our devices will use in the future. If you use an Apple device, your task is easy since most chargers have your protocols. The rest of us should be looking for a 10 watt or 15 watt charging station.

There is a way in which a Qi charger is powered, but most of them don't have an AC wall accessory. There are still two outdated standards in the charging market, Micro-USB input ports and QuickCharge 2.0/ 3.0 fast charging, but moreUSB-C based chargers are becoming available that are compatible with Power Delivery charging. I try to highlight such chargers whenever possible because they are very handy if you are trying to pair down on the number of chargers you need to bring along when traveling.

So, since there are a lot of standards at play here, here is which standards and speeds each of these chargers support in handy chart form:

Product name	Qi output specs	Input
Anker PowerWave Alloy	15W EPP Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	USB-C Qualcomm QuickCharge | Power Delivery
iOttie iON Wireless Duo	15W EPP Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	AC adapter (included)
Belkin Boost Charge 15W Wireless Charging Pad	15W EPP Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	AC adapter (included)
Spigen SteadiBoost Flex	15W EPP Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	USB-C Qualcomm QuickCharge
ESR 15W Fast Wireless Charging Pad	15W EPP Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	USB-C Qualcomm QuickCharge Power Delivery
iOttie Easy One Touch Wireless 2	10W EPP Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	micro-USB Qualcomm QuickCharge
Moshi Sette Q Multi-Device Wireless Charging Pad	15W EPP Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	USB-C Power Delivery 45W needed for top speed
Native Union Drop	Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	USB-C Qualcomm QuickCharge Power Delivery
Samsung Wireless Charger Fast Charge Pad (2021)	Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 5W Qi	USB-C Power Delivery Qualcomm QuickCharge Charger included
Anker PowerCore III 10K Wireless Portable Charger	Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	USB-C Qualcomm QuickCharge Power Delivery
Ampere Unravel 3+1	Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 10W Qi 5W Qi	USB-C Power Delivery
Belkin Boost Up Stand	Samsung 10W Apple 7.5W 5W Qi	AC adapter

The iOttie Easy One Touch Wireless 2 gets a pass on being micro-USB because it comes with a car charging port and a spare port for charging a second device. I recommend avoiding wireless chargers that use micro-usb. Why? It is an indicator that the model is either an older design or that the company who made it was cutting corners.

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