India, July 24 -- Wireless charging has always sounded great on paper, but the reality has mostly been slow, unreliable, and fragmented across phones. That's about to change with the rollout of Qi2, the next-generation wireless charging standard that promises faster speeds and better efficiency for both iPhones and "major" Android smartphones.

This isn't just another spec bump. Qi2 (pronounced "chee-two") aims to bring universal, MagSafe-style magnetic charging to all devices that support it, meaning no more fiddling around with misaligned coils or painfully slow charge speeds.

Qi2 is built on Apple's MagSafe tech but is now being standardized across the industry through the Wireless Power Consortium. That means every phone using Qi2 wi...