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This charging system is made to handle multiple devices at once, with Qi2 technology.
"Hello everyone and welcome to another Gamereactor Quick Look.
We do a lot of these videos, they are quick, they are easy to make and we enjoy making them because it allows us to get a lot of cool consumer tech here on this table to go through with you in sort of a seamless, easy to digest manner."
"That also means that we quickly get tired of stale concepts and we enjoy featuring manufacturers that push the envelope a little bit but just by thinking outside of the box.
That is why it's always such a pleasure to welcome in a new product from Journey because you know that every time they do something, it never quite looks like what they did before."
"Take this, this is called the Aria and what if I told you that this is a 3-in-1 phone charger.
They've done a lot of 3-in-1 phone chargers and not one of them has looked similar to its predecessor and I think that's absolutely great."
"It just proves that when they're sitting there in R&D mode, they figure well how can we do it different than we did it the last time and that makes it inherently better for you as a consumer because new ideas get tested but it also makes it so much more forgiving for us because every time it's something new."
"The Aria is a 3-device charging pad.
It is, well, quite similar in functionality to what we've seen before but in form factor, it is a little bit different.
It can charge like this, meaning laying down using this USB Type-C port here to receive the watts that it needs to basically charge a magnetic device here."
"It is both MagSafe and G2 enabled meaning that you can use one of the new Pixel devices for instance and get the full magnetic treatment.
Here is a regular charging pad here for say a pair of AirPods or any in-ears that charges wirelessly and then there is a little cubby hole here that you can sort of lock down for Apple Watch charging in general."
"So you might be thinking, how is this different?
This is just a charging pad.
What is really cool is that when you push this little hatch here, this will pop off and you can scroll it around and it can become a stand on demand."
"You still get power from the USB Type-C port here.
You can now access the Apple Watch charging from this little hook position here.
You can still charge your in-ears here and now the phone can hang.
Now we do actually have a phone for testing."
"Fun fact, this is not a MagSafe phone because as I said with G2 wireless standard which Journey supports, you can have the full magnetic treatment on Android devices as well.
In this case, one of the new Pixel phones from Google.
Point is that now it is a stand."
"Some people prefer this in terms of for instance nightstands where you can see let's say an alarm clock or the weather forecast on a little night desk or table when you're sleeping.
Some people enjoy this.
But for some reason, if things change, you might want to flip it around and have it like this where it will also charge regularly, magnetically too with a set of in-ears here."
"And as I said, the little latch will lock it in place.
On the phone pad, it'll do 15 watts.
And that is perfectly fine.
I'm not sure MagSafe actually does more."
"And if it does more, it's for newer iPhones in general.
But point is that this is mostly for slow, steady, stable charging for instance overnight.
But the cool thing about an Aria is that now it is infinitely more portable than it otherwise would have been."
"Have you seen like we've covered those big Nomad chargers for instance.
You would never put those in a bag to travel with.
Well now, this is as quick as when you get to a hotel room, a holiday spot or whatever.
Now you have your perfect sort of stand up charging center for your phone, your watch and your buds here."
"And when you have to go home, then it is infinitely more portable.
If I have one criticism, it is fantastic that with Qi2 enabled charging that we can now use different kinds of phones for these kinds of things.
But still, I just find it to be a little bit frustrating with an Apple Watch only charging pad here, which only works for this kind of watch."
"Sure, it's next to impossible to ensure broad functionality across different smart watches.
I wear this.
This is the OnePlus Watch 3 and this uses pogo pins here.
You couldn't put pogo pins in here without it disrupting the Apple Watch functionality."
"So they're simply just taking the broadest available smart watch.
But maybe start, I don't know, adding support for Samsung Galaxy Watches or maybe the Pixel Watch.
Something to make sure that these can appeal more broadly that you've done the same with Qi2 wireless."
"Apart from that, Journey pushes the envelope and it's so great that they do.
Thank you for watching.
I'll see you on the next one."
