Wi-Charge Shows Wireless Power Kit for Echo Dot, Google Home Mini at CEDIA

Infrared wireless charging company Wi-Charge is showing what it calls the first wireless power kit for the Echo Dot and Google Home mini at CEDIA Expo this week. Wi-Charge’s infrared light can power smart home devices across a room, the company emailed. Wi-Charge bills its technology as an alternative to batteries. The company will also show wireless powered lights, it said. Last month, it promoted two use cases for infrared wireless charging: battery and cable replacement and enabling new capabilities for product designers. Wireless power can deliver more power than batteries and without the physical limitations of power cables, it blogged; wireless power enables features that designers wouldn’t consider before because of the associated battery drain.