Vivo partners Energous for cordless over-the-air charging

Phones from Chinese phone maker Vivo will quickly have a quite cool function.

Powered by Energous’ WattUp cordless charging tech, Vivo phones might quickly tap onto radio frequency to charge their batteries, and there’s no requirement to put them on a charging mat to do so, as WattUp has the ability to do over-the-air charging. 

While there’s no word on when you’ll have the ability to see a Vivo phone with this function, however in the quick moving competitive world of the Chinese phone market, it’s most likely Vivo will rapidly launch a phone including this tech to get an upper hand over its other competitors.

In other news, Energous likewise revealed a brand-new quick charging option that provides up to 20 watts of power. Energous states it’s even possible to go higher. As the system does not utilize coils, the business declares it’s simpler to produce and incorporate its option into several gadgets. 

“With the addition of our fast charging 20-watt solution, we are providing our customers with a full spectrum portfolio of products that include contact-based and distance charging, as well as low power and high-power options,” Energous President Stephen R. Rizzone stated in a press declaration.

The Energous WattUp options will be on screen at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona.