How POWERPLAY wireless charging works

The POWERPLAY wireless charging system provides endless play by keeping your compatible Logitech G mouse charged at all times, even while you game. In this video, we explain how the technology works, and what makes it essential to any players' setup.

[RabbitConfirmed]

What would be cool is having one big pad, where you can place your wireless keyboard + mouse on and it charges both. Kinda like the mousepad but bigger and a second wireless charging spot for the keyboard.
That way you'd only have one wire and would not have to charge any of it ever.

[psionski]

This literally solves all problems with wireless mice. No charging, no lag, basically like a wired mouse except without a wire.

[MrSnitz]

The deep description that they go into just makes me love Logitech G more

[ggeilokowski]

I love my Powerplay! Yes, its expensive but its worth it.

[kapaa]

They should make a slim film with the coils that could fit under desk mats for people that want more space

[petersonfamily]

I have had three of these. One was a replacement by Logitech. The issue is that the Powerplay will generate EMF interference while in the charging state, as indicated by the White LED on the pad receiver. I have the G903 Mouse, G910 Keyboard, and the Powerplay. I also use a Logitech MX Master 3 and Performance MX for productivity most of the time. I noticed the mouse cursor while using any other wireless mouse like the MX Master 3 or Performance MX was jittering, and I could not control it while the Powerplay was in the charge state!

As soon as the charge state ended or I unplugged the Powerplay, the cursor would return to normal. As soon as the Powerplay returned to the charging state, the cursor would become erratic again! I also noticed the G903 generated a jittery mouse cursor while the Powerplay was in a charged state. It was not as bad as when using the MXM3, and I could select items, but the cursor was jittering until the charge state ended.

So Logitech sent me a replacement Powerplay, and it had the same issue! Because I use my productivity Logitech mice the most, I would unplug the Powerplay pad to prevent the problem from occurring. When I wanted to game and use the G903 mouse, I would plug the Powerplay back in.

Fast forward a few months, and I started to play Elden Ring on PC using an Xbox controller. I noticed intermittent issues with menu control. When trying to select or scroll through a menu using the Xbox controller, I could not choose anything, and it would jump around! At first, I thought this was a new game patch issue, but it continued to occur, and then I noticed the game was jittering slightly only on the monitor I was playing Elden Ring. When this issue remained after several patches, I discovered the Powerplay was causing the problem when it was in a charge state! Like the mice, the issue would disappear once I disconnected the Powerplay USB cable or stopped charging.

I connected the USB connection directly to my desktop and other USB ports, but the issue persists. All device Firmware and G-Hub software are up to date. I even purchased a third Powerplay pad from BestBuy, hoping Logitech may have changed something, but the issue continues even on the newest Powerplay. The Powerplay produces some EMF that impacts other wireless devices, speakers, and monitors. I am not sure how the Powerplay is affecting my monitor. Still, it is only occurring on the monitor I am playing Elden Ring on, leading me to conclude the interface is coming through the Xbox controller and maybe producing micro character movement, which looks like screen jittering on my monitor.

I have contacted Logitech again regarding this issue. I have not seen many reviewers reporting this, but I believe this is because most owners only use a Logitech G Mouse, so they do not know the impact on other wireless devices. However, there are a few reviewers who, like me, use different wireless devices and are experiencing the same issue.

Edit: I have noticed my Panasonic wireless home phone has had interference for some time now. This wasn't always the case, and If I move away from my desk with the Powerplay, it goes away! It occurred to me that the Powerplay might also impact this phone. Sure enough, if I unplug the Powerplay mouse pad, all my home phone interference disappears!

There is a Powerplay Charging Enable option in the G Hub Powerplay options section that will only work with Powerplay Firmware 7.1.11. G Hub will NOT update the Powerplay Firmware through the built-in update process, and you have to do this manually to update the Fireware to 7.1.11 to enable this option! With no help from Logitech support, I think I figured out a fix.

You have to use the Logitech POWERPLAY Wireless Charging System Update Tool under downloads for the Powerplay device to actually update the Powerplay Firmware to version 7.1.11 to get the option to disable. Powerplay Charging! You can now disable Powerplay Charging until required, and it will not impact other devices. I am still checking this works and will update later. Good luck.

[REMAINALIEN]

I was wondering how it all worked and this vid helped a lot to clear things up for me cheers 🍻

[elsonicvenezolano]

I think it's very interesting, but please relelase a bigger version of this! At least an XL or XXL version of the powerplay

[frossstysan]

does G pro x superlight 2 support powerplay?

[cflsh]

If I get a g pro x definitely gonna cop this

[TheAikatsuFan]

I wish logitech made the same thing but with a logi bolt receiver and made the MX master 4 with support for wireless charging for people that don't like RGB and sharp edges

[mbb]

When will this be available in the really long mousepads?

[oswaldoramirez]

When you have so many things from Logitech this is the best tool
Instead of had a lot of plugins

[ProtocolAbyss]

I wanna power play *for* both my wireless keyboard and mouse

[meepoop]

I bought one today and it has rubber cable inside the box! Why logitech is cutting corners with the cables? This is the same with g915 keyboards. I bought g915 on 2021 and it came with braided charging cable but today I recieved a new one with rubber cable in the box!

[lucaswhoelse]

Is there any way you could update it to charge your phone?

[terrasai]

I wish they actually fixed the double clicking issue from the cheap Chinese Omron switches in many Logitech G mice.

[NickMaovich]

technology is insane. Imagine showing this in 1800s

[kleetaru]

my powerplay is exactly 2 years after warranty dead, well everything is working fine except the only feature i have it for which is the inductive loading, the small white lamp is just not showing its connected to the powercore...

[KratozR]

I hope we can get USB-C connection. Can’t see Micro USB anymore...