There's some bad news about Google's Pixel 10 magnetic accessories

Yesterday we heard that Google is preparing a new Pixelsnap brand for magnetic accessories for its upcoming Pixel 10 devices, and we got all excited assuming that meant the phones would have the magnets built-in like iPhones. Today a new rumor contradicts that, saying that Google's basically doing what a lot of other Android device makers have done - supporting Qi2 but with the magnets in cases, not the phones themselves. If you're wondering why every Android OEM seems to be scared to include the magnets in their phones, we don't know - it doesn't seem to make any sense, and yet here we...

Jun 13, 2025 - 07:30

There's some bad news about Google's Pixel 10 magnetic accessories

Yesterday we heard that Google is preparing a new Pixelsnap brand for magnetic accessories for its upcoming Pixel 10 devices, and we got all excited assuming that meant the phones would have the magnets built-in like iPhones. Today a new rumor contradicts that, saying that Google's basically doing what a lot of other Android device makers have done - supporting Qi2 but with the magnets in cases, not the phones themselves. If you're wondering why every Android OEM seems to be scared to include the magnets in their phones, we don't know - it doesn't seem to make any sense, and yet here we...