A lot of hubbub was caused by the discovery that the Pixel 3’s wireless charging waslimited to 5W on third-party pads. Even though the device was clearly able tofill up at 10 W with the Pixel Stand, other brands of chargers weren ‘t able to supply that much power unless they were accepted into the Made by Google program. The Pixel 4 eschews this ridiculous restriction and can charge wirelessly at up to 11 W, even on third-party Qi pads.
The Pixel 3’s listing at the Wireless Power Consortium says it supports up to5W, whereas the Pixel 4 can go up to11 W. We verified this on our end and were able to pull 8.4W on a third-party Qi charging pad that supports 9W. 9to5Google’s Justin Duinogot up to 10 .8Win a separate test.
Left: 8.4W in our test on a 9W pad, measured with theInwareapp.Right: Justin Duino’s test.
This confirms that the Pixel 4 family has finally let go of that silly restriction regarding third-party chargers. So you no longer need the Pixel Stand or Google-approved hardware to fast-charge your phone wirelessly.
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