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Samsung's latest flagship makes 25W wireless charging harder than it should be.

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With the Galaxy S26 Ultra , Samsung introduced a bunch of updates to the battery and charging. We got a slight bump in battery size, wired, and wireless charging speeds.

After years of complaints from the fans, Samsung’s latest flagship finally upgrades the wireless charging to 25W. This was a notable jump from 15W, which was the standard across its premium lineup. But it seems like getting those speeds might be harder than expected.

So what went wrong?

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According to a Redditor, the S26 Ultra’s wireless charging is highly dependent on specific chargers, cases, and alignment. Meaning, most users may never actually see that full 25W wireless charging performance if you don’t meet these requirements.…