Starbucks has announced that visitors to the coffee
chain in the UK will be able to charge their mobile phones wirelessly.
The initiative is being rolled out initially in 10 Starbucks cafes in
the UK by the end of January. The free service is following a pledge
made in the US to allow similar service beginning in San Francisco with a
national roll out across 2,000 branches across the US.
Currently, there are two competing
wireless charging standards available and Starbucks has chosen
Duracell’s Powermat. The service requires users to plug in an adapter to
their phone in order to charge it. The devices, which are ring-shaped,
will be available to borrow or to purchase for £10 each. The adapters
will be offered for the new lightning and old 30 pin Apple variants,
along with those phones that use the micro USB standard.
In order for a phone to charge
efficiently, they must be placed on specially equipped tables, which
Starbucks are installing into the branches across the UK’s capitol city.
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