{"id":9062,"date":"2022-02-02T18:41:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/02\/googles-80-pixel-stand-finally-charges-your-pixel-6-fast\/"},"modified":"2022-02-02T18:41:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:41:06","slug":"googles-80-pixel-stand-finally-charges-your-pixel-6-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/02\/googles-80-pixel-stand-finally-charges-your-pixel-6-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Google’s $80 Pixel Stand Finally Charges Your Pixel 6 Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google sold a record amount of Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones last quarter, and that\u2019s cool. They also had a pretty rocky December in the software update department that frustrated Pixel fans, who voiced those frustrations loudly. A big December update was supposed to bring several improvements to Google\u2019s new fast-selling phones, one of which involved their new Pixel Stand (2nd Gen), an $80 wireless charger that was marketed as being able to charge as fast as a wired connection.<\/p>\n

In an email we received yesterday, Google reminded us that our $80 wireless charging Pixel Stand (2nd Gen) has actually not been performing at anywhere near advertised speeds since day 1. In fact, it was supposed to pick-up full capabilities in December, but that December update delay we all know so well pushed everything back.<\/p>\n

Now, thanks to the arrival of the \u201clate\u201d January update<\/a> for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, the Pixel Stand (2nd Gen) is ready to be the wireless charger it always wanted to be. That means charging at\u00a0up to<\/em> 23W speeds, with fan controls and other \u201cexclusive Pixel Stand experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In order to get those fast 23W speeds, you\u2019ll need to be on either the December Android patch<\/a> (SQ1D.211205.016) or the new January patch<\/a> (SQ1D.220105.007). Google says you\u2019ll also need to walk through the Pixel Stand app\u2019s onboarding process too.<\/p>\n

I should probably point out at this time that there is really only a single phone that can get 23W speeds from Google and that\u2019s the Pixel 6 Pro. On the Pixel Stand support page<\/a>, Google lays out the speed situation for all types of phones, showing only the Pixel 6 Pro reaching the full potential of this $80 stand. The regular Pixel 6 can hit 21W, while all of the older Pixel phones are capped at 10W. Non-Pixel phones can do up to 15W, which is just silly.<\/p>\n