--- title: We are one step closer to wireless charging from a distance – no pad needed description: Cota wireless power FCC approval and certification. Phone case wireless charging. Spiegen phone sleeve case wireless charging. Charing phone in car. image: https://www.ossia.com/hubfs/Android%20Authority%20Logo.png --- [![Logotype](https://www.ossia.com/hubfs/Assets%202022/Logotype.svg)](https://www.ossia.com/) - [Cota®](https://www.ossia.com/cota/) - [About Cota](https://www.ossia.com/cota) - [Partners](https://www.ossia.com/partners/) - [Regulatory Approvals](https://www.ossia.com/cota-real-wireless-power-earns-fcc-approval) - [Licensing](https://www.ossia.com/licensing/) - [Licensing Cota](https://www.ossia.com/licensing) - [Playbook](https://www.ossia.com/wireless-charging-playbook) - Resources - [Unwired: The Blog](https://www.ossia.com/blog) - [Unwired: The Video Blog](https://www.ossia.com/video-blog) - [In the News](https://www.ossia.com/news) - [Resource Library](https://www.ossia.com/resources-library) - [Press Releases](https://www.ossia.com/press) - [RF Wireless Power & Charging Whitepaper](https://www.ossia.com/rf-wireless-power) - [About](https://www.ossia.com/about/) - [About Ossia](https://www.ossia.com/about) - [Company](https://www.ossia.com/about/ossia-the-company/) - [Careers](https://www.ossia.com/about/careers/) - [Team](https://www.ossia.com/about/team/) - [Board of Directors](https://www.ossia.com/about/board-of-directors/) [Contact](https://www.ossia.com/contact/) [Contact](https://www.ossia.com/contact/) # We are one step closer to wireless charging from a distance – no pad needed By [Ossia Inc.](https://www.ossia.com/news/author/ossia-inc) Jun. 27, 2019 [Originally posted by C. Scott Brown on Android Authority](https://www.androidauthority.com/wireless-charging-distance-1003471/) ![Picture of a Huawei Mate 20 Pro wirelessly charging up the Google Pixel 3](https://cdn57.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Google-Pixel-3-Huawei-Mate-20-Pro-Wireless-Charging-840x554.jpg) [Wireless charging](https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-use-samsung-galaxy-s10-reverse-wireless-charging-967197/) is an awesome feature for any smartphone to have. However, for it to work, you still need to put the phone on some sort of pad or dock to initiate a charge. In the future, this might not be necessary (via [*CNET*](https://www.cnet.com/news/no-pad-wireless-charging-tech-comes-closer-with-regulatory-approval/)). Today, a company called Ossia earned FCC approval for its technology which allows for wireless charging over radio waves from up to one meter away. That means you could simply stand near a wireless charger and your phone would get some more juice. Ossia’s wireless charging device is called Cota and it uses the same 2.4GHz radio frequency used by your [Wi-Fi router](https://www.androidauthority.com/best-wifi-routers-2-775329/). Instead of beaming around data, though, it beams around power. Now, don’t get too excited — it’s not like the [Samsung Galaxy Note 10](https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-note-10-972417/) is going to come with this capability. The FCC approval only applies to industrial situations, not for in-home use. Also, the technology as it currently stands only allows for one watt of power — hardly comparable to something like the [Warp Charge 30](https://www.androidauthority.com/oneplus-6t-mclaren-edition-warp-charge-30w-938553/) for the [OnePlus 7 Pro](http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/8746582/type/dlg/sid/csbrown%7Cxid:b1561743700149-190707%7Creferrer:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%7Ct_loaded:1561743700145%7CTag:Wireless%20Charging%7CPublisheDate:2019-06-27T18%3A54%3A42%2B00%3A00%7CSection:News/https://www.oneplus.com/oneplus-7pro), which delivers 30 watts of power through a cable. Even most wireless charging pads offer between 5 and 10 watts of power, so this is more of trickle power than anything else. Still, one watt of juice from one meter away could allow for a battery-powered device to always stay charged without a cable. Something simple, such as a smart speaker, could theoretically have a battery that wouldn’t need replacing for years and also not need to be plugged into a wall. Ossia hopes to have its products available to specific industries by 2020. 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