Apparently someone issued a memo urging companies to take a bigger interest in wireless charging as we have yet another bit of news from that field. The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) announced today that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Bluetooth SIG to establish a formal relationship between the entities for the purpose of creating smart wireless charging station standards. According to the press release, the Bluetooth SIG has issued a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) for A4WP as part of the baseline system specification (BSS). A4WP will use the Bluetooth Smart standard to establish and maintain charging sessions. According to the press release, consumers will benefit in the following ways:
- Consumers will benefit from devices initiating a charge more quickly when coming into contact with charging surfaces
- Consumers will also see improved power control features such as giving one device prioritized charging when multiple devices are charging at the same time
- OEMs and developers will be able to create a new class of applications to leverage these smart wireless charging stations (e.g., mobile payments, location based services)
Besides charging a device battery, the new standard, as noted above, will enable the creation of applications that make use of data on a device using the same Bluetooth connection that is being used for charging purposes. Depending on adoption, this could mean consumers would be freed from the USB cables so often used to establish connections between smartphones and other devices.
source: Engadget
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