Twelve South is back at CES 2026 with something that feels less like a gadget and more like a carefully curated piece of home decor. The company’s newest product, Valet, is a wireless charging cradle where your everyday essentials end up at the end of the day, charging quietly in the background while doubling as a piece of leather art for your table.
Valet is a charging accessory you don’t want to hide
Valet combines soft nappa leather with a weighted zinc alloy base in multiple colors. The outer frame is removable and can be swapped out to suit your changing aesthetic. Most of the surface is just a place to store keys, sunglasses, wallets and other bag stuff.
On one side is a raised square podium that is a Qi2-certified wireless charger that delivers up to 15W of power for most newer iPhones, AirPods cases, and similar devices. There is also a USB port on the side that you can use to connect a second device and also charge it with up to 15W.
Cable management is hidden under the shelf so cables don’t detract from the look, and Valet can be positioned in four different orientations. You can rotate it to portrait mode if you have a narrow surface, or flip it over so the wireless charging pad sits where it works best.
The entire setup is powered by a 36W adapter, which Twelve South includes in the box along with a 1.5 meter long cable.
A different type of charger from Twelve South
Valet is not a laptop charger or a multi-device charging station. In fact, it’s deliberately less practical than some of Twelve South’s previous products, like the HiRise, which can charge three devices at once, or the ButterFly 2-in-1 MagSafe charger.
Valet reverses this priority. It’s about making charging feel smooth by turning dropping the phone on the table into something that randomly charges the battery.
This design-first thinking fits perfectly into a broader trend of gadgets at CES trying to hide their tech roots. Twelve South has long specialized in accessories that coordinate with furniture rather than fight for attention, and Valet may be the purest expression of that idea yet. At $180, it’s clearly a premium accessory, but one aimed at people who want their charging setup to look intentional, not improvised.
