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Customers at Ikea will soon be able to purchase furniture equipped with pads that charge mobile devices.

The Home Smart line was presented at the 2015 Mobile World Congress, the BBC reports, and it will provide wireless charging surfaces on night tables, coffee tables and lamps.

More than 80 devices, including the brand new Samsung Galaxy S6, are compatible with what is known as ā€œQiā€ technology, but the iPhone is not, so Ikea will additionally sell cases allowing such phones to charge on its products.

The furniture will need to be plugged into a power source to charge and costs about $22 more than a standard item.

Exactly how long it takes to charge a phone compared to a wire charger is not clear.

According to Mashable, Ikea will also soon unveil Qi pads that can be attached to current products for $34.

Environmental group Friends of the Earth told the BBC it hopes the invention will take into account the difficulty of recycling tech products.