Razer has turned something as boring as a laptop sleeve into a surprisingly useful charging hub for your Apple gear, and it’s very on-brand. The company’s new 16-inch Laptop Sleeve with Wireless Charging doesn’t just protect your MacBook or Razer Blade – it doubles as a MagSafe‑compatible charging mat for your iPhone and AirPods, built right into the flap of the sleeve itself.

At its core, this is a 16-inch sleeve sized for laptops like the 16-inch MacBook Pro and the latest Razer Blade 16, with a snug, slip‑free fit and a magnetic closure so your machine doesn’t slide out when you’re dashing between meetings or classes. The outside is a woven polyester that’s meant to shrug off abrasion and daily wear, while the inside gets a padded microfiber lining, reinforced edges, and a plush snakeskin‑style finish to guard against bumps, drops, and the kind of hairline scratches that slowly ruin a nice machine over time. From the outside, it looks like a premium black sleeve that wouldn’t be out of place in an office or backpack, not some RGB‑soaked gaming accessory.

The interesting part lives in the flap. Razer has embedded two MagSafe‑compatible wireless charging pads in the cover, one tuned for a smartphone at up to 15W, the other for accessories like wireless earbuds at 5W. Lay the sleeve flat on a desk, plug it in over USB-C, and the flap effectively becomes a compact dual wireless charger where you drop your iPhone and AirPods case to top up at the same time. The pads use magnets for alignment, so your phone snaps into the right spot instead of sitting slightly off‑coil and trickle charging for an hour.

It’s not a battery pack – the sleeve needs power. Razer includes a USB-C cable in the box, and the sleeve can pull up to 30W from a USB-C power source with Power Delivery to run both pads at full speed. You can plug it into a wall charger, a power strip under your desk, or even your laptop’s USB-C port, though not every notebook will push enough juice to drive two devices at maximum speeds at once. When you’re commuting, the idea is simple: slip your laptop inside, then when you land at a coffee shop, the whole sleeve becomes your improvised charging station for phone and buds while you work.

In practice, this setup mainly targets Apple users. The pads are advertised as MagSafe‑compatible and happily charge iPhones and AirPods, with up to 15W fast wireless charging for supported phones and 5W for accessories. Because the underlying tech is Qi-based, other Qi-compatible phones can work too, especially if you use a magnetic case that mimics MagSafe alignment, but the marketing clearly leans toward “drop your iPhone and AirPods, get on with your day.”

From a materials and build perspective, Razer is very consciously pitching this as an everyday carry rather than a niche gaming add‑on. The woven polyester exterior is meant to handle abrasion and light weather, while the microfiber interior and reinforced corners look after the laptop itself. The flap is wrapped in a leatherette finish around the charging pad, so it feels more like a premium folio than a tech slab bolted onto a sleeve. You’re adding some weight compared to a basic sleeve – around the 400–460g mark, depending on how you count the charging pad – but this is still backpack‑friendly.

Of course, this kind of cleverness doesn’t come cheap. The wireless‑charging version of the Razer Laptop Sleeve 16 is priced at $129.99 in the U.S., putting it firmly in “premium accessory” territory rather than something you casually toss into a student cart. There’s also a non‑charging variant that keeps the same snug fit, padded interior, and durable exterior but drops the wireless hardware, coming in cheaper at around $79.99. That second version is for people who like the look and protection but don’t see the point in paying a hefty surcharge just to charge a phone and earbuds from a sleeve.

The bigger question is whether this is a gimmick or a glimpse at where “smart accessories” are headed. Wireless charging pads are already on desks, in cars, built into lamps, and baked into power banks; integrating them into something you were going to carry anyway is a logical next step. For anyone who works on the go, there’s a certain appeal to having your laptop sleeve double as your compact charging mat – one less brick, one less cable, and fewer things to remember as you move between home, office, café, and campus.

It also fits Razer’s recent push beyond pure gaming into lifestyle gear that still nods to its enthusiast roots. This is not a gaming mouse or a 360Hz monitor; it’s a sleeve that quietly solves an everyday annoyance for people who live with a laptop and an iPhone glued to their workflow. Is it overkill at $130? For a lot of users, absolutely. But for the crowd that already buys premium chargers, stands, and sleeves, the pitch is clear: if your laptop sleeve is going with you anyway, it might as well do more than just sit in your bag.