There are few things as satisfying at the end of an exhausting day than just plopping your phone down on a good wireless charger and passing out. No fumbling for wires in the dark. No figuring out why it won’t go in properly because we swapped to USB-C and there isn’t a “right side” to stick in anymore the way we did with micro-USB. Just set it down, see the little charging animation, then roll over and conk out for the night.
If you saved hundreds with a Black Friday phone deal or took advantage of Verizon or AT&T’s insane trade-ins to get a free Pixel 6, do yourself and your new phone a favor. Go wireless and never worry about plugging in your phone wrong at 3 AM ever again.
Belkin BoostCharge Wireless Charging Stand 15W (Save 50%)
$23 at Amazon
More sleek and adaptable than the new Google Pixel Stand and much smaller than Samsung’s wireless charging stand, the Belkin BoostCharge stand supports 15W charging on Pixels, 10W charging on Galaxy, and 7.5W on iPhones.
If you’ve ever been wireless charger shopping, you’ll know there are almost a dozen things you need to consider before you buy one, from size and coil placement to supported profiles and inputs. Thankfully, the Belkin BoostCharge covers all your bases in one slim, modern profile.
EPP support means you’ll get top-speed charging on the Pixel 3-5 and 15W wireless charging on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. It’s not quite the 23W wireless charging the 2nd Gen Pixel Stand will provide, but for a quarter of the price, I’m not complaining. Samsung phones will charge at 10W — while some Samsung phones support 15W, that’s a proprietary Samsung profile that’s only available with Samsung’s $80 stand. You can also charge iPhones at 7.5W and all other wirelessly enabled phones at 5W.
This stand isn’t the dust-magnet that the original Pixel Stand was, easy to wipe clean every few weeks or months as it sits on your desk or bedside. You also don’t worry about your phone overheating on this stand. While it can charge at higher speeds, the charge will throttle back when things get warm so that your phone or its battery aren’t damaged the way they are on some other chargers.
The micro-USB plug on the back would be annoying under other circumstances, but Belkin ships this charger with a cable and 24W QuickCharge AC adapter, so there’s no problem having to hunt down an old cable. If the cable doesn’t reach far enough, though, I’m sure you have more than a few old micro-USB cables you can dig out from old phones to sub in.