Wireless聽charging聽for portable devices聽through table surfaces is coming to the UK early next month.
CHARGit鈥檚 technology allows for multiple devices, such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, to charge simultaneously through surfaces聽without the need聽for cables.
It works by fitting a unit under a table or counter surface to create a charging zone.
The company will launch the technology on March 9th at聽the Interchange co-working space聽in聽Camden, North London,聽giving people the chance to try it聽for themselves.
鈥淲ireless charging makes absolute sense in the context of how technology is evolving,鈥� said Hayley Freedman, CHARGit director.
鈥淲e鈥檙e increasingly dependent on our mobile devices, while our time is a precious commodity.
鈥淭hanks to this dependence, battery anxiety is real.聽Wireless charging helps to combat this, offering businesses the opportunity to tap into this need and provide an additional service of genuine value to customers.鈥�
People will soon demand wireless charging facilities from food and drink venues and hotels, according to the CEO of rival wireless charging firm Chargifi.
CHARGit is also targeting businesses which are looking to offer wireless charging as a service to enhance their customers鈥� experience.
Freedman told 老九品茶Cloud that it is currently deploying the technology in hotels, shopping centres and corporate environments. These include the Lalit Hotel in Southwark, London and聽the Mailbox in Birmingham.
Non-compatible devices聽can be charged by plugging a CHARGkey into them.聽No precise alignment聽is聽needed聽for聽charging聽to begin.
The CHARGhub transmitter can be installed on to the underside of any non-metallic surface such as a wooden table or counter.
Dell, HP and Lenovo have all begun incorporating聽wireless charging compatibility as standard into their laptops.
鈥淐HARGit聽will provide businesses with the opportunity to provide聽charging surfaces that helps to offer venue differentiation as well as the chance to entice custom, as consumers entering premises to specifically charge their devices, will also be tempted to spend additional money 鈥� say on drinks in a hotel bar, or on further shopping in a retail environment,鈥� added Freedman.
The firm also has an app that reveals local CHARGit聽locations while allowing聽CHARGit聽venues to promote special offers and loyalty schemes.
Freedman said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 a very exciting time for us. Much like Wi-Fi capability has gone from being an unknown quantity to absolute normality, we see聽wireless charging as the next evolution.
鈥淚n a few years, no one will be plugging in devices to聽charge, with all of the latest portable device advancements incorporating聽wireless charging as standard.
鈥淧ublic demand for wireless charging is set to skyrocket, and we want to be the ones to deliver on that demand.鈥�