It’s still strange to think that for all its fancy next-gen technology, the Xbox One controllers still come packaged with regular AA batteries. An official Play and Charge kit from Microsoft offers you a rechargeable battery and cable, but it costs $25- a hard pill to swallow when the controller itself is $60.
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Fortunately NYKO has come out with this solution that not only gives you two rechargeable batteries but provides a charging base with an ingenious design that blends in with the look of your Xbox One- provided you’ve got the standard black version, of course.
The station holds both batteries and plugs into the USB port on the left side of the Xbox One, drawing its power from there and allowing you to recharge them with no hassle or extra wires. It does sadly block off that USB from anything else you might need there- there’s no pass-through, so take that into consideration. The ones on the back of the console are left unobstructed, however.
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The front of the station is nice and featureless, although icons showing the amount of charge for each battery pop up when they’re laid inside the device. The charge light icons reveal every 25% of battery power each one currently has, up to full juice.
