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Belkin may not release an over-the-air charging device after all 

Enlarge / Belkin’s SoundForm Elite Hi-Fi smart speaker and wireless charger. (credit: Belkin) The timeline for over-the-air charging in the home just got murkier. On Wednesday, a press release from Israel-based wireless charging company Wi-Charge detailed plans for a partnership with Belkin to launch a consumer product with its technology this year. Belkin is now tempering those […]

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Belkin to release cable-free wireless charging tech this year

Enlarge / The Wi-Charge transmitter is supposed to send power directly to the supporting device and nowhere else. (credit: Wi-Charge) For all the “wireless charging” tech available, there are still a lot of power cables slithering throughout homes. Even wireless charging stations require a cord. That’s what makes the impending arrival of over-the-air wireless charging, […]