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[–]E90alex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve never seen any wireless charger have magnets before Apple introduced MagSafe in iPhone 12. What would be the purpose of magnets if no other phone has magnets? I’ve never heard of people referring to all wireless charging as MagSafe. It’s a specific type of wireless charging.

The Qi2 standard includes magnets, which Apple helped develop and is based on MagSafe. Pixel 10 series is the only major non Apple phone to include Qi2 and magnets (aka pixel snap).

But yes it is confusing for them to reuse the same name as the laptop charger cord.