Yes, Android Phones Can Use Apple’s MagSafe Too. Here’s How - WIRED

One of my favourite telephone features successful caller years is Apple's MagSafe technology, which debuted successful 2020. With a ringing of magnets embedded successful the backmost of the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and iPhone 14 lineups, you tin attach assorted accessories—from artillery packs to telephone grips—and easy instrumentality them disconnected erstwhile you don't request them. You tin equine the telephone to a motorcycle oregon car equine one-handed, and it's besides large erstwhile paired with MagSafe wireless chargers, due to the fact that the magnets support a cleanable alignment with the coil, truthful there's nary accidental of displacement, which could effect successful a dormant battery.

But what if you're utilizing an Android phone? Motorola was 1 of the lone telephone makers to person a akin benignant of magnetic modular technology, agelong earlier Apple introduced MagSafe to the iPhone, though its Moto Mods are efficaciously dead. Apple's tech whitethorn beryllium exclusive to its devices, but … bring your receptor closer: What if I told you determination are ways you tin instrumentality advantage?

Case makers request to embed magnets successful iPhone cases to support the transportation with MagSafe accessories—it's wherefore you should usage a MagSafe case if you person a caller iPhone—but these accessory companies person ported the aforesaid if not akin exertion to cases for prime Android phones, truthful that everyone tin bask the magnetic effect of Apple's labor. 

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There are a mates of caveats I privation to instantly mention. First, MagSafe-like magnetic cases are disposable lone for a tiny sliver of Android devices—usually Samsung Galaxy oregon Google Pixel phones. My favorite, which I'll spell into much extent soon, is Peak Design's Everyday Case. However, Moment besides has magnetic Samsung and Pixel cases, and you'll find the same astatine Mous too. 

If you don't person a supported phone, each is not lost! Peak Design has a Universal Adapter that uses adhesive to instrumentality to the backmost of your telephone oregon telephone lawsuit to mimic the aforesaid experience. Companies similar Spigen and Mophie besides person magnetic adapters that bash the aforesaid to adhd MagSafe support, though immoderate of these whitethorn disrupt wireless charging capabilities connected your device.

One different contented is that adjacent if you do person the close device, similar the Pixel 7 with Peak Design's Everyday Case, there's nary warrant it volition enactment with each MagSafe product. This is much circumstantial to wireless chargers—in my testing, not each MagSafe wireless charger volition perfectly recharge an Android phone, arsenic the magnets successful the lawsuit whitethorn not beryllium perfectly aligned astir the wireless charging strategy connected the instrumentality itself. I've had bully luck with most, but your mileage volition vary. 

With that said, fto maine present you to the quality of Peak Design's Everyday Case. It functions good arsenic a lawsuit itself. The buttons are responsive, and the cloth texture connected the backmost feels nice. I wouldn't person minded a bigger articulator astir the edges to support the screen, and the institution could basal to connection a fewer much colour options—I truly emotion the new sage colour for the iPhone 14 Everyday Case, but sadly, it's not disposable for the Samsung and Google cases. 

Whether you take the lawsuit for Samsung's Galaxy S22 oregon S21 lineup oregon the Pixel 6 oregon 7 series, you're treated to magnets successful the rear. You'll besides announcement a quadrate indent successful the center: This is Peak Design's SlimLink mounting system. It adds an other level of information for definite accessories—specifically, bike and tripod mounts—so that it doesn't trust connected magnets alone; the telephone won't alert disconnected erstwhile you spell implicit a tiny bump connected the road. 

I trial a batch of electrical footwear scooters and folding ebikes, and the Universal Bar Mount has been my favourite accessory for this crushed alone. It's casual to instal connected immoderate handlebar, and I don't request to fuss astatine each to equine my device. After much than a twelvemonth of rides, my telephone has ne'er fallen off, and that's not conscionable with the Everyday Case connected the Pixel 7 and Galaxy S22 Ultra, but besides the Universal Adapter I attached to a Pixel 5A past year. It's conscionable arsenic casual to region a telephone from this equine too; conscionable propulsion a fastener astatine the apical oregon bottommost of the equine to merchandise it.