{"id":828,"date":"2025-12-13T03:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/ikeas-new-wireless-charger-is-as-cute-as-it-is-practical\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T03:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:50:13","slug":"ikeas-new-wireless-charger-is-as-cute-as-it-is-practical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/ikeas-new-wireless-charger-is-as-cute-as-it-is-practical\/","title":{"rendered":"IKEA’s new wireless charger is as cute as it is practical"},"content":{"rendered":"

IKEA’s revamp of its smart home products<\/a> doesn’t end with Matter support. The furniture and home goods company also has a line of new Qi wireless chargers, the best of which, the V\u00c4STM\u00c4RKE wireless charger<\/a>, combines the functionality of a PopSockets-style phone grip with cable storage.<\/p>\n

The $10 V\u00c4STM\u00c4RKE wireless charger is reminiscent of a bagel or donut, if you could take the top half of those ring-shaped foods and turn them inside out to create a cozy grip for your fingers. That same red silicone design also makes for a perfect place to store the charger’s built-in USB-C cable, according to IKEA’s product page, and otherwise acts as a playful replacement for what can be a pretty boring smartphone accessory.<\/p>\n

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V\u00c4STM\u00c4RKE offers Qi2 charging speeds<\/a> and can magnetically attach to iPhones with MagSafe or Pixel phones with Google’s Pixelsnap magnets<\/a>. If you’re interested in something a bit more discrete, the $25 V\u00c4STM\u00c4RKE wireless charger with lighting<\/a> is a bowl-shaped charger with a column in the center for attaching a smartphone, and room around it for keys or your wallet.<\/p>\n

IKEA has had multiple different ideas over the years for how smart home tech should integrate with its minimalist and user-friendly furniture. The company’s partnership with Sonos ended in May 2025<\/a>, which produced lights and picture frames with smart speakers built-in. Since then, the company has announced a new Bluetooth speaker<\/a> and started rolling out a new collection of Matter-connected remotes, lights and sensors.<\/p>\n\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/mobile\/smartphones\/ikeas-new-wireless-charger-is-as-cute-as-it-is-practical-195013422.html?src=rss<\/p>

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IKEA’s revamp of its smart home products doesn’t end with Matter support. The furniture and home goods company also has a line of new Qi wireless chargers, the best of which, the V\u00c4STM\u00c4RKE wireless charger, combines the functionality of a PopSockets-style phone grip with cable storage. The $10 V\u00c4STM\u00c4RKE wireless charger is reminiscent of a bagel or donut, if you could take the top half of those ring-shaped foods and turn them inside out to create a cozy grip for your fingers. That same red silicone design also makes for a perfect place to store the charger’s built-in USB-C cable, according to IKEA’s product page, and otherwise acts as a playful replacement for what can be a pretty boring smartphone accessory. A V\u00c4STM\u00c4RKE wireless charger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}