baatliwala@lemmy.world to AndroidEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle pulls the plug on Battery Share for Pixel 10 in favor of Qi2 magnets9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down12cross-posted to: googlepixel
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkGoogle pulls the plug on Battery Share for Pixel 10 in favor of Qi2 magnets9to5google.combaatliwala@lemmy.world to AndroidEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square18linkfedilinkcross-posted to: googlepixel
minus-squareAnkkulilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·3 days agoA gimmick feature is an easy thing to toss in favor of Qi2.
minus-squareJunkers_Klunker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoYea, I always thought of wireless charging as a bit gimmicky, but there’s absolutely no going back from qi2.
minus-squareRvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI used it once to charge my Pixel Buds and went “huh, that was neat, but inconvenient because now I have to keep my phone in one spot, can’t use it, and probably could just plug the buds into something nearby” then never used it again.
A gimmick feature is an easy thing to toss in favor of Qi2.
Yea, I always thought of wireless charging as a bit gimmicky, but there’s absolutely no going back from qi2.
I used it once to charge my Pixel Buds and went “huh, that was neat, but inconvenient because now I have to keep my phone in one spot, can’t use it, and probably could just plug the buds into something nearby” then never used it again.
Tape bro