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Wireless charging technology has been featured in smartphones for nearly a decade now, allowing smartphone owners to charge their phones by placing them on a Qi wireless charging pad or stand without having to hassle with a charging cable. Wireless charging in smartphones is extremely cheap, adding less than $5 in hardware costs, but manufacturers still reserve the feature for their most expensive devices. In 2020, you’d be hard-pressed to find wireless charging listed as a feature on a smartphone that costs less than $700.
Google’s 2020 Pixel lineup is no exception. The top-of-the-line Pixel 5 comes with wireless charging, but the Pixel 4a 5G and the Pixel 4a do not.
Fortunately, you can add wireless charging to the Pixel 4a and Pixel 4a 5G for roughly $10. If you do a quick Amazon search for “wireless charging adaptor” you’ll find a few dozen products that allow you to add Qi wireless charging to nearly any smartphone. Prices range from $8 to $20, but they all do the same things: plug into your smartphones charging port to transfer power from their Qi wireless charging coil to your phone. Some of the more expensive models may deliver faster wireless charging.
Buying a wireless charging adaptor for your smartphone is cheap, but you’ll also need to invest in a wireless charging stand or pad if you don’t already have one. These days, wireless chargers come in all shapes and sizes. If you’re looking for a few options, below we’ve put together an assortment of some of our favorite and most unique Qi wireless chargers we could find.
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