Wireless Power Consortium and NFC Forum Issue Joint Statement on Industry Standard Development

The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), the prevailing standards organization for wireless power applications worldwide, and NFC Forum, the global standards body for Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, issued a joint statement detailing the intention to work on harmonization and create a new generation of common methods for powering and charging personal electronic products. This is an important convergence of efforts between the global Qi/Qi2 wireless charging standard and the NFC Forum's plans to improve its own NFC Wireless Charging technology.

NuCurrent, the wireless power technology company, announced that it enabled the new Poly Voyager Surround 85 UC Bluetooth headset with NuCurrent's NuSync technology, the world's highest power Near-Field Communication (NFC) transfer system. The challenge of the new Poly Voyager Surround 85 UC headset was to create a user experience that goes unnoticed and ensures that end-users always have a charged headset. NuCurrent developed a NFC wireless power and bidirectional data solution for the headset and stand.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced the CES 2022 Innovation Awards honorees, including those recognized as Best of Innovation honorees. The CES Innovation Awards is an annual initiative honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products across 27 product categories. The CES 2022 Innovation Awards program received a record-high number of over 1800 submissions. audioXpress highlights the audio-related awards.

The NFC Forum latest Wireless Charging Technical Specification 2.0 allows for wireless charging by enabling a single antenna in an NFC-enabled device to manage both communications between the devices and charging. Users who need to charge low-power devices such as wireless earbuds, digital stylus pens, fitness trackers, and other small consumer products can now do so from NFC-enabled smartphones and other devices, just by placing both devices directly in contact.