Belkin’s new HDMI adapter wirelessly connects to screens over 130 toes away

Belkin has introduced a brand new wi-fi show adapter that works with out the necessity for a Wi-Fi community. The ConnectAir Wi-fi HDMI Show Adapter features a USB-C transmitter you connect with units like laptops, tablets, and telephones, and an HDMI receiver that plugs right into a show. You don’t want to put in drivers or persist with appropriate apps, and Belkin says the adapter’s vary maxes out at 131 toes, so you should utilize it whereas crashed in a resort room or to current by a distant projector in a convention room.

The wi-fi adapter, which is predicted to be obtainable in “choose markets” beginning in Q1 2026 for $149.99, isn’t as handy as Apple AirPlay or Google Forged, however it’s not restricted to solely units that help these protocols. So long as the supply machine can ship a video sign over USB-C and the show you’re connecting to has HDMI, you may wirelessly ship 1080P/60Hz video between the 2. You’ll simply want to make sure the HDMI receiver has entry to a USB-A port for energy.

The adapter’s 5GHz wi-fi connection does work by partitions, though the vary and reliability could also be diminished relying on how thick they’re, or what they’re product of. You can even join as much as eight transmitters to a single receiver and change between them to keep away from the effort of swapping out receivers linked to a projector or TV put in someplace that’s exhausting to succeed in.