Logitech is giving its Powerplay lineup of wi-fi charging equipment some much-needed juice with a follow-up to the Powerplay mouse pad. The Logitech Powerplay 2 mouse pad is a cheaper, and slimmer model of its authentic Powerplay mouse pad from 2017, and might be backwards appropriate with Logitech’s current household of Powerplay equipment. In comparison with the $119.99 launch worth of the unique Powerplay, the Powerplay 2 will price $99 when it launches on March 11.
The Powerplay system is at the moment a singular contender within the area of gaming peripherals, which successfully lets you use quite a lot of Logitech’s wi-fi mice with out ever having to recharge them. Utilizing a small puck that will get slotted into the underside of the mouse, the machine will draw steady energy wirelessly from the mouse pad. The charging puck that comes packaged with the Powerplay 2 is at the moment appropriate with 10 completely different fashions of Logitech gaming mice, and provides little or no weight. I’ve been utilizing Logitech’s G502 X Plus paired with the unique Powerplay mouse pad since 2022, and haven’t needed to cost it as soon as.
Aesthetically, the brand new Powerplay mousepad isn’t terribly completely different from its predecessor, however is barely smaller than the unique, with a floor measuring 344 x 284 mm as an alternative of 321 x 344. It’s additionally slimmer, sitting simply 1.3 mm off your desk. Nevertheless, the charging space of the Powerplay 2 is listed as being 15% bigger than the unique, and can depend on a USB-C connection as an alternative of the micro-USB discovered on the unique.
I’ve been utilizing Logitech’s G502 X Plus paired with the unique Powerplay mouse pad since 2022, and haven’t needed to cost it as soon as. Though the Powerplay 2 looks like a modest enchancment on the unique, I’m joyful to see Logitech persevering with to assist this distinctive accent as an alternative of tossing it by the wayside like Razer’s short-lived Hyperflux mouse from 2018.
