New leaked information suggests that Apple is once again working on the AirPower charging mat Although delayed by several years, it may soon be able to wirelessly charge the iPhone 11, Apple Watch 5, and AirPods at the same time

Jon Prosser (via MacRumors) made this claim in a recent tweet He does not mention how long Apple has been working on AirPower again, but they are apparently prototyping the design and trying to solve the heat issues that derailed the project in the first round

Prosser also tweeted that none of the prototypes will work with the Apple Watch at this time He also claims that Apple will not release AirPower until it works with Watch products, so this is the biggest obstacle to seeing the charging mat finally hit store shelves

We suspected that Apple was working on the ill-fated charging mat again, thanks to the discovery of a similar patent in January The design not only charged compatible devices, but also had a "device priority" system that would charge the items you placed on it in sequence [The charger was intended to support iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods charging cases at the same time, but it was also compliant with the Qi charging standard, so it could also be used with many other compatible products

In March 2019, Apple decided that it could no longer meet its own stringent standards for its products and announced its discontinuation The reasons were that the charging pad generated excessive heat (a common problem with wireless chargers) and caused communication interference between devices when there were multiple items on the charger