Overview
- The Wireless Power Consortium moved toward a 50W upgrade after an off-cycle meeting at Xiaomi’s Beijing headquarters in late June 2026.
- Xiaomi has proposed a 'small inductance, low voltage, high power' coil and power architecture aimed at cutting coil losses and limiting overheating.
- Representatives from major phone makers, including Apple, Google and Huawei, attended the meeting to focus on interoperability verification and prototype testing.
- The update is still a developing specification rather than a finished standard and industry reporting indicates broad device support is unlikely until around 2028.
- If finalized, 50W Qi2 would narrow the speed gap between wireless and wired charging but will require phone redesigns, new accessory hardware and stricter thermal safety measures before consumers benefit.