The smartphone industry is going through a lot of innovations. With the arrival of new wireless charging and fast charging supported smartphones, the wireless industry has also boomed with new wireless accessories for phones. Recently, after the release of iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, manufacturers have picked up pace to develop compatible accessories. In a similar development, China’s ZMI has touted to come with the new 10000mAh wireless charging MFi powerbank which will support 10W fast charging. In order to bring some convenience to end users, manufacturers have started developing the wireless accessories for the wireless charging supported smartphones.

ZMI usually makes power banks for Xiaomi and is backed by Xiaomi. The new ZMI wireless charging MFI ( Made for iPhone/iPod/iPad ) powerbank has leaked featuring some of the advanced features. We have spotted some of the leaked images of the device with textured material on the front side. There’s a USB-A port, USB Type-C output port for charging iDevices and a lightning port. ZMI wireless powerbank packs a button to toggle the state of power bank with LED lights on the top.

On the rear end of the ZMi Wireless charger, there’s essential information that’s present on it. It bears a model number WPB100, 10000 mAh battery 3.7v 37Wh with 10W wireless fast charging, USB B-C port supports 5.1V/3A, 9V/2A and much more. Finally, USB-A type port supports 5V/2.1A output, while, lighting port comes with 5V/2.4A input.

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Currently, the launch date and pricing is not available; there will be more detailed information very soon.

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On Wednesday, Google will be holding its launch event to unveil new hardware devices including the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones. Fresh information that has surfaced today has revealed that Google will reportedly announce a “Made for Google” program for third party accessories. This certification program will be similar to Apple’s MFi (Made for i) plan.

A source that is aware of the Made for Google initiative and another source that is associated with the upcoming hardware announcement has confirmed to 9to5 Google that the search engine giant will be starting a certification program for third party accessories.

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Apple’s MFi certification program allow third party accessories manufacturers to make use of Apple’s logo and branding apart from providing them with hardware components, specifications and technical support. Previously, the Cupertino company used to charge a fee for each certified device. However, the requirement was later dropped by Apple. It is likely that Google may adopt a similar strategy through “Made for Google” in order to promote Google and Pixel brand names among the consumers.

Google’s new program could result in certified products like USB-C enabled chargers, battery packs, USB cables and so on for the upcoming Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones. The USB Implementers Forum Inc. has already laid out a standard that all cables are expected to follow. However, is has been found that the cables provided by Android OEMs do not meet the required Type-C standard. Using low quality cables that do not meet the specifications can be potentially harmful to devices.

Hence, customers looking to purchase a third-party accessory will certainly feel confident in buying a product with a “Made for Google” stamp on it.

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