Fast food fans will soon be able to wirelessly charge their phones whilst they eat in more than 50 McDonald's restaurants.
The new charging hotspots will be installed in 600 stores throughout the UK following a successful trial
McDonald's already offers free WiFi and the new system will use a standard Qi connection included in 70 smartphones and tablets.
McDonald's have not revealed the first stores to receive the technology but could include Braintree, Boreham, Maldon, Stansted Airport, South Woodham Ferrers or either of the two in Chelmsford.
Samsung, Sony and BlackBerry are now working on making phones using a standard type of connection, established by the Wireless Power Consortium in 2008, that can be used by the Qi connections.
The Qi technology uses an 'induction' method which requires a device to be placed on a charging plate and each charging spot will be waterproof and wipe-clean.
