One of the improvements Nintendo didn’t add to its new OLED switch was wireless charging.
However, as YouTube’s Robotanv discovered, at least with Switch Lite, making the console Qi-compatible is easy enough. with a minimum of welding and just over 10 euros in added parts.
Robotanv has been adapting devices to support wireless charging for about nine years, since 2012, when it opened an iPhone 4s and made it compatible with this technology.
Considering how small iPhones used to be, making that iPhone 4s update required a very delicate and precise soldering, but making the same update for the Nintendo Switch Lite seems to be a much easier process.
The USB-C connector is an open standard, which means it was relatively easy to find a Qi wireless receiver that supports the Switch Lite charging mode. Specifically, he used a MyMax receiver that costs €14 on Amazon.
After pulling the receiver’s USB-C connector down to the bare wires and pulling its charging coil out of a protective bag to make it as thin as possible, Robotanv was able to quickly solder the receiver to a pair of additional test blocks easily. affordable. had included for the console power pins.
Nor was it necessary to modify the Switch Lite’s back cover. Robotanv simply glued the Qi receiver to it, reassembled the console, and when it was placed on a wireless charging cradle, power began to flow.
Some users expressed their concern about the possibility of adding hardware restricting the airflow inside the Switch Lite needed for cooling, but Robotanv hasn’t noticed any performance issues with the console since the update.
The Switch Lite takes about three hours to fully charge and gets a little warm (like most smartphones), but otherwise the hack seems to have worked perfectly.