The Anker MagGo 3-in-1 Qi2 charging station costs around $90, snaps an iPhone on magnetically, charges AirPods in the base, and lays an Apple Watch flat on a puck. It works every single time. I have nothing dramatic to report.
That sounds like a compliment, and partly it is. The Qi2 standard - which Anker helped push into the Android ecosystem through devices like this - finally means 15W magnetic wireless charging without being locked to Apple’s own hardware. The pad is sturdy, the cable is braided, the whole thing folds into a travel-friendly wedge that’s become aggressively common in hotel rooms and carry-on bags. Anker has manufactured this category into a commodity, and they’ve done it faster than anyone expected.
But here’s what bothers me about it: the Apple Watch charger is slow. Not broken - it charges - but Anker used a standard magnetic puck rather than the faster Apple Watch fast-charge implementation. Your Series 7 or later supports fast charging; this station doesn’t deliver it. Anker doesn’t hide this fact, but they don’t exactly headline it either. For a device marketed as the complete bedside solution, cutting that corner feels like a choice made to protect margin rather than serve the person who just paid $90.
The LED status light on the base also pulses. Not when something’s wrong - constantly, while everything is fine, all night. There’s no way to disable it from the unit itself. This is a minor complaint that becomes a major one at 2 a.m.
Who It’s Actually For
If you’ve been using a Belkin 3-in-1 at twice the price, or still have a tangle of three separate cables on your nightstand, this is a genuine upgrade and a reasonable buy. The Qi2 alignment is snappy enough that you stop thinking about whether your phone connected.
The problem is that Anker’s own lineup has cannibalized the rationale for this specific model. Their newer MagGo variants include faster Apple Watch charging and app-controllable LED behavior. The product I reviewed is already the previous generation of thinking, even if it’s still being sold as the flagship option in most retail channels.
At $90, it charges your devices. At $90, it also should have gotten the Apple Watch right the first time.