Remember those cute little robot charger blocks we wrote about a while back? UGREEN, the company who made them, has brought that same robotic charm to their new “Uno” MagSafe power bank.

Like the wall chargers before it, this magnetic wireless charger has a display on the back that shows different facial expressions based on the battery level of your iPhone:

You’re not going to get crazy wireless charging speeds here — just 7.5W — but you can always switch to 20W wired charging via USB-C if you need that extra speed boost. Either way, having this handy robot pal chilling on the back of your phone brings a certain kind of joy that’s hard to quantify.

Did I mention it has a built-in kickstand for hands-free use?

Get this awesome MagSafe charger for $45 on Amazon.

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Released a month ago as part of their popular MagGo family of MagSafe-compatible battery packs for iPhone, Anker’s Qi2-certified MagSafe power bank brings the latest wireless charging technology to your iPhone 13/14/15 series.

With 6,600mAh of power capacity — which can be wirelessly delivered at full 15W speed! — this handy little magnetic charger essentially doubles the battery life of your iPhone and then some, so you can freely use the device all day long without fear of running out of juice.

What’s more, the power bank doubles as a foldable stand, allowing you to charge your iPhone even while you comfortably watch videos hands-free. This also makes it an effective nightstand charging solution.

Get this awesome new Qi2 MagSafe power bank for $70 on Amazon in your choice of black, white, or blue.

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Anker products have been making several appearances here on T&T lately. What can I say? They routinely put out great stuff.

For example, their new 321 PowerCore 5K MagGO battery, which is essentially a newer version of the 521 model we covered a while back, is a magnetic wireless power bank that can be stuck right onto the back of your iPhone 12/13/14 (with or without a MagSafe-compatible case) to keep it charged throughout the day and beyond.

With 5,000mAh of power capacity, this external battery has enough juice to fully charge an iPhone 14 and then some. However, keep in mind that it’s not an official MagSafe-certified charger, so it will only deliver a modest 7.5W of charging speed. That said, considering the low price of the thing, I’d say it’s an acceptable tradeoff.

Get this magnetic battery pack for $32 on Amazon in your choice of white, black, green, pink, or purple.

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Anker’s 633 MagGo magnetic battery is a clever way to keep your MagSafe-compatible iPhone charged up wherever you go. It snaps securely onto the back of your iPhone and begins delivering 7.5W of wireless charging, offering up to 10,000mAh of extra battery life to your device. Pretty straightforward.

What makes it extra neat is the kickstand on the back that you can pop out, allowing you to continue watching videos or having FaceTime calls while charging the phone, without having to futz around with cables or wall adapters.

If you need a bit more charging oomph, you do always have the option to connect the iPhone to the charger with a USB-C cable for 20W charging, or to the USB-A port for 18W charging.

Note: The only included cable is a two-foot USB-C to USB-C. You’ll also need to provide your own wall adapter if you want to recharge the magnetic battery that way.

Get the Anker MagGo 633 for $80 on Amazon in your choice of black, blue, or white. You might also check out the rest of the MagGo line for other nifty charging solutions.

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It comes in any color you want, so long as that color is white.

—David “MacSparky” Sparks

Yesterday, Apple quietly launched their new MagSafe Battery Pack for iPhone 12. Like the Anker PowerCore Magnetic 5K I wrote about in February, you simply stick this little power bank directly on the back of your compatible iPhone, where it delivers 5W of charging power (which can be monitored from the iOS battery widget).

As I predicted in that post, the MagSafe Battery Pack technically can charge at a full 15W, but only when you have it connected via Lightning cable to a 20W charger or higher (examples include the Aukey Omnia or any of these Anker wall adapters). Doing this will charge the Battery Pack and the iPhone simultaneously.

Perhaps most interestingly, MacRumors reports that the Battery Pack introduces reverse wireless charging for the first time ever in an Apple product:

When attached to an iPhone that’s charging via Lightning, the ‌iPhone‌ can deliver power to the MagSafe Battery Pack, which is the first instance of an ‌iPhone‌ being able to route power to an accessory device.

[…]

Apple has suggested that ‌MagSafe Battery Pack‌ users might want to use the ‌iPhone‌ passthrough charging feature when the ‌iPhone‌ is connected to a power source like wired CarPlay and is able to charge both accessories.

This convenient, travel-friendly little doodad is $99 from Apple’s site. I expect it will work for future iPhone models as well, if you’ve been thinking of upgrading when the next cycle rolls around.

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It looks like Anker might’ve beaten Apple to market, because they’ve announced an upcoming magnetic wireless power bank that you’ll be able to stick right onto the back of your iPhone 12 and keep it going when you need it most.

With 5,000mAh of battery capacity, this charger has enough juice to power…

• An iPhone 12 mini to 100%, with 20% more to spare
• An iPhone 12 to 95%
• An iPhone 12 Pro to 97%
• An iPhone 12 Pro Max to 75%

Now, what you’ll have to keep in mind is that it’s not an official MagSafe-standard charger, so it’ll only be able to charge at 5W max, compared to the full 15W speed that Apple’s own accessory will likely be able to pull. But hey, it’s just $40, and I’d be real surprised if Apple beat that. (Not to mention, they haven’t officially announced anything yet.)

The first round of PowerCore Magnetic 5K chargers will start shipping on March 3rd, 2021. However, those pre-orders have already sold out, so if you put in your pre-order now (as of February 24th, anyway) then yours should ship around March 17th.

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