Google is making moves to bring a standard universal wireless chargers for mobile devices. The latest news confirms that it is present in two consortiums of companies that work in this technology. The result of one of them, Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), we have already seen in the Nexus 4, but with its presence in the other PMA, it seems that it wants to force its members to find a solution for all.
The new Nexus 4 was presented with a technology capable of charging the phone without cables thanks to the Qi standard that WPC has developed. On the same day he talked about a cargo accessory that is yet to come out called Wireless Charging Orb. It is a kind of sphere cut into a bezel where we support the phone and, thanks to the magnetic chips that each one carries, it charges. As he does so he enters a mode called Daydream that shows photos from your albums, Google Currents news and other content. The downside is that we don't know when it will arrive and how much it will cost.
This idea was already in Palm, later bought by HP, and its Touchstone charger. This technology will also be in the Nokia Lumia 920.
The funny thing is that on the same day, October 29, Google became part of another consortium, Power Matters Alliance (PMA), along with AT&T and Starbucks. This consortium aims to find a universal wireless charging solution and has very powerful partners such as General Motors, Duracell, Delta Airlines and the companies mentioned, as well as others. All of them have established a commitment to bring PMA chargers to their sectors, but Google is the only one that has not specified which one is. However, he has stated that he believes that this universal technology would mean for energy what the Internet did for data.
The objective is important and we can see it in that as observers of this process there are two agencies of the American government: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Energy Star.
Either way, it is puzzling to see that Google is on this project while using technology from a different project. Analysts suggest that they will be an agent of pressure between both consortiums so that come to a common solution. If so, Google would be a fundamental piece for universal wireless chargers.
Source: Slashgear / Power Matters Alliance