The Nomad Base Station Pro: Revolutionizing Wireless Charging

This is the wireless charger that's about to change everything. What is going on, fam? It's Andrew here from Apple Insider, and this is the Nomad Base Station Pro. It's a new, beefier iteration on their popular base station wireless charger, but it has a whole lot more going on under the surface than they may appear.

If you're familiar with their other base stations or base stations plus Apple watch, you're likely to be familiar with the construction of the base station Pro. They really just follow the same design, just a little bit larger. So, it has an entirely metal body with that really, really nice Korwin leather along the top. The leather not only gives a good cushion for your devices but just gives a more premium feel. The whole thing is simple, subtle, and minimally branded with just a small Nomad logo in that top-right hand corner.

So, what makes the Bay station Pro really different? Well, it's what's going on on the inside. This is what the inside of a nomad Bay station probe basically looks like. It's a printed layer of coils that layer coils are very thin on it to be much thinner than a lot of competition out there and allows you to place any of your devices anywhere you want on the mat to charge.

The base station Pro can charge three devices at once, whether that's two iPhones and a set of air pods or three iPhones. Whatever it is that you're gonna be lying around, you can charge three devices at the same time. And it's all powered over USB C, which is great because USB C is the new standard. You likely already have USB C Chargers around, and you can always disconnect it from here and plug it into your iPad or any other USB C device that you have.

Right now, this is still a prototype. It's a working prototype but there are still some minor bugs in there that no Matt is working through before these begin shipping early 2020. We did get to go hands-on with a working prototype using that era technology just stripped down without all the nomad's fancy bells and whistles, and honestly, it was impressive. It was amazing how you could set your device down move it across the charging pad and it just continues to charge the entire time. It worked very well.

We even could get really close to the edges or the corners and still charge our phone as a team. Put it basically, if both sides of the phone are on the pad at the same time then you're going to be able to charge your phone and in our testing that seemed pretty accurate to let you know how you're charging is going. There are three subtle satellites right on the front of the device to let you know in one two or three devices are currently drawing power.

The cancellation of air power was a huge blow, and we've seen tons of accessory makers scrambling to bring their three-in-one wireless chargers to market that do their best to imitate air power whether it's charging all your devices or just some version of free placement. But out of all our testing only one of them has gotten closest to being a real free placement wireless charger and that is the Nomad base station Pro.

You can't order it yet but stay tuned because when you can we'll put a link down below in the description, and lastly, we're really excited to try the finished product when it finally starts to ship early this year. Let me know what you guys think. Reach out to me on Twitter at Andrew underscore OSU and let me know your thoughts. Hey everyone, did you guys like that video? Be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple Insider tour in all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple Insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time, we'll see you later.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the wireless charger that's about to change everything what is going on fam it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and this is the Nomad base station Pro it's a new beefier iteration on their popular base station wireless charger but has a whole lot more going on under the surface then they may appear if you are familiar with their other base station or base station plus Apple watch you're likely gonna be familiar with the construction of the base station Pro they really just follow the same design just a little bit larger so it has an entirely metal body with that really really nice Korwin leather along the top that leather not only gives a good cushion for your devices but just gives a more premium feel the whole thing is simple subtle and minimally branded with just a small Nomad logo in that top right hand corner so what makes the Bay station Pro really that different well it's what's going on on the inside this is what the inside of a nomad Bay station probe basically looks like it's a printed layer of coils that layer coils is very thin on it to be much thinner than a lot of competition out there and allows you to place any of your devices anywhere you want on the mat to charge and the base station probe can charge three devices at once whether that's two iPhones and a set of air pods three iPhones whatever it is that you're gonna be lying around you can charge three devices at the same time and it's all powered over USB C which is great because USB C is the new standard and you likely already have USB C Chargers around and you can always disconnect it from here and plug it into your iPad or any other USB C device that you have so right now this is still a prototype it's a working prototype but there are still some minor bugs in there that no Matt is working through before these begin shipping early 2020 we did get to go hands-on with a working prototype using that era technology just stripped down without all the nomads fancy bells and whistles and honestly it was impressive it was amazing how you could set your device down move it across the charging pad and it just continues to charge the entire time it worked very well we even could get really close to the edges or the corners and still charge our phone as a team put it basically if both sides of the phone are on the pad at the same time then you're going to be able to charge your phone and in our testing that seemed pretty accurate to let you know how you're charging is going there are three subtle satellites right on the front of the device to let you know in one two or three devices are currently drawing power the cancellation of air power was a huge blow and we've seen tons of accessory makers scrambling to bring their three-in-one wireless chargers to market that do their best to imitate air power whether it's charging all your devices or just some version of free placement but out of all our testing only one of them has gotten closest to being a real free placement wireless charger and that is the Nomad base station Pro you can't order it yet but stay tuned because when you can we'll put a link down below in the description and lastly we're really excited to try the finished product when it finally starts to ship early this year let me know what you guys think reach out to me on Twitter at Andrew underscore OSU and let me know your thoughts hey everyone did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple Insider tour in all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple Insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time we'll see you laterthis is the wireless charger that's about to change everything what is going on fam it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and this is the Nomad base station Pro it's a new beefier iteration on their popular base station wireless charger but has a whole lot more going on under the surface then they may appear if you are familiar with their other base station or base station plus Apple watch you're likely gonna be familiar with the construction of the base station Pro they really just follow the same design just a little bit larger so it has an entirely metal body with that really really nice Korwin leather along the top that leather not only gives a good cushion for your devices but just gives a more premium feel the whole thing is simple subtle and minimally branded with just a small Nomad logo in that top right hand corner so what makes the Bay station Pro really that different well it's what's going on on the inside this is what the inside of a nomad Bay station probe basically looks like it's a printed layer of coils that layer coils is very thin on it to be much thinner than a lot of competition out there and allows you to place any of your devices anywhere you want on the mat to charge and the base station probe can charge three devices at once whether that's two iPhones and a set of air pods three iPhones whatever it is that you're gonna be lying around you can charge three devices at the same time and it's all powered over USB C which is great because USB C is the new standard and you likely already have USB C Chargers around and you can always disconnect it from here and plug it into your iPad or any other USB C device that you have so right now this is still a prototype it's a working prototype but there are still some minor bugs in there that no Matt is working through before these begin shipping early 2020 we did get to go hands-on with a working prototype using that era technology just stripped down without all the nomads fancy bells and whistles and honestly it was impressive it was amazing how you could set your device down move it across the charging pad and it just continues to charge the entire time it worked very well we even could get really close to the edges or the corners and still charge our phone as a team put it basically if both sides of the phone are on the pad at the same time then you're going to be able to charge your phone and in our testing that seemed pretty accurate to let you know how you're charging is going there are three subtle satellites right on the front of the device to let you know in one two or three devices are currently drawing power the cancellation of air power was a huge blow and we've seen tons of accessory makers scrambling to bring their three-in-one wireless chargers to market that do their best to imitate air power whether it's charging all your devices or just some version of free placement but out of all our testing only one of them has gotten closest to being a real free placement wireless charger and that is the Nomad base station Pro you can't order it yet but stay tuned because when you can we'll put a link down below in the description and lastly we're really excited to try the finished product when it finally starts to ship early this year let me know what you guys think reach out to me on Twitter at Andrew underscore OSU and let me know your thoughts hey everyone did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple Insider tour in all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple Insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time we'll see you later\n"