Most charging accessories arrive with some kind of pitch. Faster speeds, a folding form factor, RGB accents nobody asked for, a brand collaboration that adds fifteen dollars to the price. The Anker MagGo 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station skips all of it. It charges your iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch simultaneously, holds its positions, and sits on a desk without demanding attention. That’s the entire review, if you want it short.
But the restraint is worth examining, because restraint is genuinely rare in this product category.
What It Actually Does
The MagGo 3-in-1 uses a MagSafe-compatible magnetic pad for the iPhone, a Qi pad recessed into the base for AirPods, and an Apple Watch fast-charging puck on an adjustable arm. Anker sells several configurations; the one with the foldable stand is slightly more portable, though calling a bedside charger “portable” is a stretch. The version I’ve been using is the flat mat-style with a fixed Watch arm - less elegant than some competitors, but it doesn’t wobble.
Anker’s MagSafe-compatible puck charges at up to 15W on MagSafe-enabled iPhones. That’s the same ceiling as Apple’s own charger, though Anker’s implementation doesn’t carry Apple’s MFi certification for MagSafe specifically - it uses Qi2, which delivers the same 15W. In practice, the distinction has never mattered during my time with it.
The Competition It’s Quietly Beating
Belkin makes a near-identical product. Apple used to sell its own MagSafe Duo, which it discontinued. The Belkin offering costs more and, based on user reports, has had inconsistent Watch charging reliability on newer Apple Watch models. I can’t independently verify every complaint, but Anker’s watch arm has connected cleanly every time in my use.
The build quality is fine - not premium. The silicone mat surface picks up dust. The cable is fixed and non-replaceable, which will eventually matter when it frays. These are real tradeoffs for the price.
The One Genuine Criticism
The power brick is enormous relative to the output. It’s a 30W adapter that barely fits alongside anything else in a power strip. This is a solved problem in other Anker products, which makes it stranger that it persists here.
Beyond that, there’s nothing to complain about - and in a market full of charging accessories that overpromise and underdeliver, “nothing to complain about” is a stronger endorsement than it sounds.