The Best Wireless Chargers In 2023

Jul 05, 2023

Wireless charging is now mainstream, but not all wireless charges are built equal. Here are some of the best in the business!

Wireless charging has significantly evolved since its first few iterations. Modern wireless chargers are faster, more compact, and have better aesthetics in tow compared to their predecessors even as wireless charging standards get more uniform at the lower end of the spectrum.

Here are some of our best picks for wireless charging:

Excellent, Elegant Wireless Charging

The Belkin Quick Charge Wireless Charging Pad is a great wireless charger if you are looking to tick all your phone wireless charging boxes at a price that would be acceptable to most end-users while operating at a full 15W for some QI-enabled devices and being limited to 7.5W for iPhones.

The Belkin Quick Charge Wireless Charging Pad is an excellent offering that wirelessly charges all Qi-supported wireless charging iPhones in the market at a capped 7.5W and standard Android devices at up to 15W, making it a powerful charger that comes with its own adapter as part of the package. With great build quality and durability as part of the package, it can charge Android devices up to 15W at a time.

It does tend to run a bit hotter while charging newer Android devices at 15W than most of its competitors, but not at levels that would be concerning. While it does work with all devices, it is noticeably slower for Apple iPhones. If you must have fast charging on your iPhone, Belkin has a more expensive, albeit more premium USB-C powered alternative (no adapter included) that does deliver the full 15W that newer iPhones support for wireless charging.

Elegant, Powerful Wireless Charging Support

The Mophie 4-in-1 Wireless Charging Mat is an elegant, premium wireless charging mat that should have even the most ardent of power users covered thanks to its ability to support as many as 4 QI wireless-charging devices at up to 10W each, with a total cap of 25W wireless charging at a time simultaneously including a spare USB port for 3rd party adapters (or the Apple Watch's charger)

The Mophie 4-in-1 Wireless Charging Mat by Zagg is a capable and fashionable wireless charging mat that can charge as many as 4 compatible QI wireless charging-enabled devices simultaneously (capped at 25W total at a time, but you might have a hard time pushing for more). With premium build quality, an included power supply unit, and wide compatibility in play, it has you covered in more ways than one including an option to charge an Apple Watch if you need to (you do need the Apple Watch's adapter to do so however, making it a bit of a sore sticking point on the no-cable-clutter claims by mophie).

The Mophie 4-in-1 Wireless Charging Mat does cover all but the most ardent of power users with plenty of power delivered wirelessly across multiple devices. While newer standards from both Apple and Android devices do push well north of 10W for wireless charging, it is at a cost of battery longevity in most cases and stable wireless charging is nothing to scoff at. That being said the charging mat does seem to be quite expensive compared to similar offerings that often trade at a fraction of its MSRP, but is a more approachable product when it is (and currently is) on sale.

Low-Profile, Low-Cost Charging That Just Works

The Anker 315 Wireless Charging Pad is a quality offering that gets the job done when it comes to wireless charging; albeit a bit slower thanks to older wireless charging standards but supports a plethora of devices at a maximum charging speed of 10W while offering a relatively low price on tow to make it an appealing offering for people needing a sleek, compact wireless charger that just works effortlessly

The Anker 315 Wireless Charging Pad is an excellent charger that gets the job done without costing the proverbial arm and leg that most cutting-edge wireless chargers tend to while backed by Anker's excellent customer support and lifetime warranty in tow. It must be noted that you need to buy a compatible wall charger or use a spare USB port on a PC nearby. Anker does recommend a 15W adapter while advertising QC 2.0 and 3.0 compatibility as part of its feature set.

Thanks to its support for QI wireless charging, it can charge pretty much every Android and Apple smartphone that supports the feature while also charging some of the usual wireless headphone charging cases that support the same. The one qualm we do have with is the limitation of 10W max charging, which is great for drip-feed charging or overnight use for most users, but might be a bit slower for some power users expecting more juice available to their smartphone within a few minutes of charging.

Anker does offer a solution to this with a 15W adaptive charger that can handle the higher power limits that some devices including newer iPhones have, but it does come at twice the price, albeit with a wall charger in tow.

The Fastest Charger If You Have The Phone To Match

The OnePlus Warp Charge 50W Wireless Charger is an excellent wireless charger with a unique ability to push as much as 50W of wireless charging with compatible OnePlus phones while offering standard charging speeds of up to 15W for other QI-compliant devices.

The OnePlus Warp Charge 50W Wireless Charger is the fastest wireless charger money can buy, and you should consider it with one important caveat: It only works with recent OnePlus Pro devices, offering anywhere from 30W to 50W depending on the model. That being said, if you have a OnePlus Pro 8 through 10, it absolutely makes sense to consider what is essentially an outstanding feature for most power users that need extra juice and power throughout the day for a phone that already has an excellent battery in tow.

For most Android and Apple users, however, this behaves as a standard QI-enabled wireless charger with 2 modes: 5W and 15W charging depending on the extent of compatibility extended. For now, unless you have the latest and greatest OnePlus devices, this isn't something that you benefit from purchasing, but one can't help but cast a wistful glance at what is arguably the best-in-class wireless charger in terms of raw speed, even if it does get noisy at full capacity.

Reliable, Fast Charging With A Wired Option

The Anker PowerCore III 10K Wireless Portable Charger also known as the Anker 533 wireless power bank is an excellent if slightly pricey power bank that offers up to 18W charging via its USB-C port, or wireless charging for QI-certified hardware of up to 10W with an included phone stand in tow to make it the complete portable charging package with wireless support in tow even if it lacks support for MagSafe magnets as part of its offerings.

The Anker PowerCore III 10K Wireless Portable Charger is a capable power bank that also moonlights as an excellent power delivery system for both wired and wireless charging options for a plethora of QI-compliant wireless charging devices. With up to 18W on wired charging and 10W on wireless charging, the Anker PowerCore III 10k or Anker 533 wireless charging bank does support regular wireless charging and the ability to kick it up a notch on a moment's notice on wired mode.

While it isn't the most expensive power bank in the market to do so, the Anker offering is somewhat less appealing compared to the competition that offers much larger battery capacity at lower price points even if the formidable accessory company offers faster charging and excellent customer support as part of its value proposition to end-users. We feel an included power adapter that favors portability such as the Anker Nano 3/ Anker 311 would have tipped the scales considerably more in Anker's balance as a more complete package.

The lack of MagSafe magnet support isn't ideal for most Apple consumers, but it seems to be a tradeoff that does not bother us too much while the sturdy built-in phone stand is a very welcome addition for most users who want to mount their phone on the go from time to time.

The OG Apple Wireless Charger

The Apple MagSafe Wireless Charger is Apple's de facto wireless charger for iPhones and compatible Apple AirPod charging cases and comes with a relatively high price tag attached in line with Apple's premium pricing on accessories. It can charge up to 15W at a time for newer iPhones and charges all Airpods that shipped with or are equipped with a wireless charging case.

The Apple MagSafe Wireless Charger is Apple's default option for iPhone and Apple AirPods owners looking for wireless charging. With charge speeds of up to 15W and support for the AirPods out of the box, it is a no-nonsense offering from Apple that does what is advertised, albeit for a price that also skips the adapter itself, which pushes the cost to nearly $50 all in for most users. One could argue that this is by design to combat e-waste, but Apple's decision to not offer a charger with current-generation iPhones means it is still an added tack-on cost that can't be written off for many users.

It must be noted that the Apple MagSafe Wireless Charger does suffice for both iPhones and AirPods as well as some Android devices thanks to its QI support. Users that want a complete solution from Apple that also extends to their Apple Watches might need to look at higher-cost Apple MagSafe Duo, which costs considerably more for a multi-device charging solution on offer.

A: QI Wireless charging is currently the most popular wireless charging standard and is supported by multiple phone and accessory manufacturers, including Apple (at a slower charging rate) as one of the de facto standards for wireless charging support currently. While there are faster standards such as MagSafe available to most manufacturers, for compatibility reasons with existing hardware, most manufacturers strive to support the QI standard along with their own proprietary wireless charging offerings.

A: Apple offers a maximum of 15W wireless charging capacity via its proprietary MagSafe standard. Most Apple wireless-charging-compliant devices also offer up to 7.5W wireless QI charging support to ensure compatibility with the dominant wireless charging standard.

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