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If you have an iPhone, AirPods, and an Apple Watch, congratulations! You have the holy trinity of Apple products. But keeping all these gadgets powered can be troublesome, as they all have individual cables and proprietary charging solutions. Why go through all that hassle when a single Apple 3-in-1 charging station can accommodate it all?
Ours The best wireless chargers The guide has a few tips, but there are many more great docking systems for Apple devices. After years of testing, these are our favorites. Be sure to read our other Apple guidesincluding the The best MagSafe wireless chargers, The best MagSafe accessories, The best iPhone 16 cases, The best iPhone, The best Apple Watchand The best AirPods.
Updated January 2025: We added chargers from OneAdaptr, some new honorable mentions and chargers to avoid, removed a couple of discontinued models and updated prices.
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A quick guide on MagSafe
Most of the wireless chargers in this guide are MagSafe wireless chargers o Qi2 certified. This means that you benefit from the magnets embedded in the back of the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, iPhone 14, iPhone 15and iPhone 16 range. I cannot stress this enough: If you buy a case, make sure it’s a MagSafe case. We have several third-party options in the case guides linked above. A normal iPhone case will weaken the pull of the magnets in the device and it doesn’t stop to the MagSafe accessory well.
What is the point of MagSafe? You don’t have to worry about misalignment with the wireless charger, which means you won’t wake up to a dead iPhone. Technically, this perfect alignment means that the chargers can provide a 15 watt faster charge, but Apple has limited this perk to select products from a few brands. MagSafe is also available in the AirPods charging case (second on your model). Apple’s AirPods and AirPods Pro with wireless charging case will work with almost all standard Qi wireless charging pads on these chargers (such as many third-party wireless headphones), but if you have AirPods with MagSafe, then you can attach them to the magnetic mounts as well. If you don’t have a MagSafe iPhone, then your device won’t be able to attach to these chargers, although we have some recommendations for older iPhones (and iPhone SE).
What are StandBy Mode and Nightstand Mode?
You will see two specific modes throughout this guide: StandBy Mode and Nightstand Mode. What are they?
Standby mode was introduced into iOS 17. When you put your iPhone on a charger in landscape orientation, it will turn the screen into a sort of dock, showing the clock (with different designs that you can choose), photos from your library, or widgets. If you have an iPhone that supports an always-on display, you can choose to have the display turn off automatically after some time when the iPhone is not in use or if the room is dark. Head to Settings > Standby to customize.
Night mode has been on the Apple Watch for a long time. Basically, when the watch is placed upright and charged, the clockface will remain so that you can always tell the time. You can customize this on your Apple Watch by going to Settings > General > Nightstand mode.
