What Happened To Apple Air Power Mat

For those who eagerly watched the 2017 iphone x release event last september 12 there is somewhat of an elephant in the room that apple has so far refused to address.

What happened to apple air power mat.

Apple s engineers are rumored to have solved one of the problems holding its airpower wireless charger back. Apple s lack of any mention of the device since then has caused a great deal of curiosity and speculation among pundits. A leak has explained how it may have done so. Apple even had early airpower mat samples in the hands on area of the hardware event last year but it seems delays have left the device out of this year s show and pushed it further down the.

In 2017 at apple s iphone x event apple teased it. Apple unveiled airpower at its iphone x event but the. The airpower wireless charging mat that it unveiled at the event with a promise of a 2018 release date. That doesn t bode well for what was intended to be its.

The mat shown in the photo looks identical to the airpower mat that apple previewed in 2017 planned to release in 2018 but canceled in 2019. Airpower was a wireless charging mat that apple announced alongside the iphone 8 iphone 8 plus and iphone x the first iphones to support wireless charging but it never actually came out. Apple s new airpower was a wireless charging pad to help clean up the mess of charging cables for your iphone apple watch and airpods. But the airpower mat escaped mention at today s event and more worryingly apple scrubbed nearly all mention of it from its website.

Apple s airpower was set to be a wireless charging mat that like others that plugs into the wall but transfers electrical charge into compatible devices through contact alone. According to a tipster at american retailer best buy apple is preparing to launch the airpower wireless charging mat and new airpods wireless charging case in march claiming that best buy will stock airpower from day one online and in store. The apple post february 7 2018.