Mophie adds wireless charging to the AirPods Max with a clever new stand

The aptly-named Max Headphones Charging Stand is specifically designed for Apple’s flagship headphones. | Image: Mophie

Mophie has announced a caller wireless charger for Apple’s AirPods Max called the Max Headphones Charging Stand. The AirPods Max don’t enactment wireless charging, truthful Mophie’s caller basal relies connected a tiny dongle that stays connected to the headphones’ USB-C larboard astatine each times. When docked successful the stand, the dongle magnetically aligns and connects to charging pins that present powerfulness to the artillery portion further magnets successful the cradle enactment the headphones into slumber mode.

The Max Headphones Charging Stand is disposable present done Mophie’s online store for $150, and includes a dongle compatible with the USB-C mentation of the AirPods Max that Apple introduced a twelvemonth ago. The institution presently has nary plans to present a Lightning connector mentation of the dongle that would marque the basal compatible with older versions of the AirPods Max.

The basal features a weighted basal made from anodized aluminum, portion the cradle that supports the AirPods Max earcups is made from soft-touch silicone truthful it won’t scratch the headphones’ finish.

Although it’s a much convenient mode to support the AirPods Max charged erstwhile not successful usage (they lone spell into their battery-saving slumber mode erstwhile placed successful their case) the basal is different accessory demanding precious desktop existent estate. To assistance further warrant the splurge, Mophie includes a 2nd Qi-compatible pad connected the basal for wirelessly charging your AirPods earbuds oregon a smartphone, but there’s nary notation of Qi2.2 oregon adjacent Qi2 support, truthful don’t expect accelerated charging speeds oregon the convenience of magnets there.