Apple’s AirPower charger has been cancelled, Apple confirmed on Friday.
“After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project. We apologize to those customers who were looking forward to this launch. We continue to believe that the future is wireless and are committed to push the wireless experience forward,” said Dan Riccio, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering in a statement.
AirPower was first announced in 2017 alongside the iPhone X and iPhone 8, the first Apple phones to support wireless charging. At the time, Apple said it would launch in 2018.
AirPower was planned to be a wireless charger for Apple products that allowed users to fill up their batteries by simply placing their device on the mat.
However, Apple users can still wirelessly charge their phones using charging mats from other makers that use the Qi wireless charging standard.
A new version of AirPods with wireless charging capability was released this week. Its packaging mentioned AirPower.
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