Lenovo-owned smartphone company Motorola has demonstrated a new revolutionary over-the-air wireless charging solution that does not require users to place the smartphone on a charging pad. The new technology of over-the-air charger can charge smartphones that are placed up to 3 metres away from the charger and at a time it can charge up to four smartphones placed near the charging dock.
Motorola has shared a demo video of the device at Weibo. As per GSMArena, "Phones can now be charged at up to 3 meters (10 ft) of clear air between them and the charger. It’s one hefty charger equipped with a phased array with with a whopping 1,600 antennas. The charger covers an arc of over 100º, so it can beam power to phones even if they are off to the side."
Earlier, Xiaomi and Oppo have demonstrated their fast charging technology named as Xiaomi’s Mi Air Charge and Oppo’s Wireless Air Charging technology. However, both of the technologies are able to charge only one device at a time.