Anker’s new car charger sticks a big flexible tongue to your dashboard

Anker has released a new wireless car charger that provides more flexibility for positioning your smartphone when compared to windshield and vent mounts. Its new Anker Nano Wireless Car Charger attaches to a variety of flat surfaces using an adhesive mount and features a flat flexible arm (that looks like a long tongue) that supports a magnetic wireless charger you can use to fine tune the angle and position of your device.

Anker says the charger’s adhesive mount can be securely attached to many surfaces including faux leather, real leather, plastic, wood, metal, and even suede, so it should be compatible with most vehicle dashboards. The company just suggests leaving the mount stuck to a surface in your car for a full 48 hours without any load to ensure it’s securely adhered.

The arm, which Anker describes as being made with a “flexible memory alloy,” attaches to the mount on one end using velcro so it can be easily removed, and to the detachable wireless charging puck on the other using a ball mount. The arm can bend up to 180 degrees up and down and securely hold its position letting you find the most comfortable viewing angle and height for an attached device.

The charging puck is Qi2-certified and delivers up to 15W of power to a smartphone that supports wireless charging. But since the Anker Nano Wireless Car Charger lacks any kind of clamping mechanism it can only be used with smartphones that support a magnetic connection such as MagSafe iPhones or Android devices that are Qi2 compatible.

While the charger can power up a smartphone without a wire, you’ll still need to connect it to a power source in your vehicle like a USB port or a 120W auxiliary outlet using an included adapter.