USB port install on console?

[Kragmeister]

On the center console there are a couple of accessory switches, and one blank plate. Has anyone else tried installing a USB socket for power into this location?

This is a newly acquired 2007 XC70 that does have the factory audio AUX connection in the console. I plan to install a Bluetooth GROM unit, but NOT the GROM USB connection. I just want to install a power port so that I can get away from using the adapter in the lighter socket.

[Astro14]

While Volvo clearly intended to leave room for other switches there, you will find it's rather tight between the faceplate and the socket for those switches in the CCM. I just looked at this - pulled the CCM, took it apart (fan first, then the rest) and it is really tight. The USB socket that I have will not fit in there, and you're aiming your drill bit right at the PCB for the CCM. I plan to put the USB socket next to the radio.

[goldxc70]

I think the more popular choice of location is to remove the lighter socket and replace it with USB power using something like this: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07MKFVW9F/

I put mine in the cubby beside the radio.