if you have An iPhone, AirPods, and an Apple Watch—congratulations! You’ve got the holy trinity of Apple products. But keeping all of these devices powered up can be a pain, since they all have individual cables and proprietary charging solutions. Why deal with all that hassle when a single 3-in-1 wireless charger can accommodate it all? Our guide to the best wireless chargers has some recommendations, but there are plenty more great docking systems out there for Apple devices. After years of testing, here are our favorites.
Be sure to check out our other Apple guides, including the best MagSafe wireless chargers, best MagSafe accessories, best iPhone 15 cases, best iPhone, best Apple Watch, and best AirPods.
Updated July 2024: We’ve added chargers from Belkin, Twelve South, Mophie, Nomad, Anker, Woodie, Satechi, Raycon, and more, added more details on specs and what’s included, removed some older devices, and updated pricing.
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A brief introduction to MagSafe
Most of the wireless chargers in this guide are MagSafe wireless chargers. That means they take advantage of the magnets built into the back of the device. iPhone 12, iPhone 13, iPhone 14and iPhone 15 I can’t stress this enough: If you buy a case, make sure it is a MagSafe CaseWe have several third-party options in the case guides linked above. A regular iPhone case will weaken the attraction of the magnets on the device and It won’t stick Also fits MagSafe accessories.
What’s the point of MagSafe? You don’t have to worry about misalignment with the wireless charger, which means you won’t wake up to a dead iPhone. Technically, this perfect alignment means the chargers can provide a faster 15-watt charge, but Apple has restricted this advantage to select products from a few brands. MagSafe is also available on the AirPods charging case (depending on the model). in your model). Apple’s AirPods and AirPods Pro with the Wireless Charging Case will work with nearly all of these chargers’ standard Qi wireless charging pads (as will many third-party wireless earbuds), but if you have AirPods with MagSafe, you can also attach them to the magnetic stands. If you don’t have an iPhone with MagSafe, your device won’t be able to connect to these chargers, though we do have some recommendations for older iPhones (and the iPhone SE).
