{"id":147417,"date":"2025-09-10T21:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/147417\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T21:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:18:11","slug":"qualcomm-brings-cooler-charging-to-the-phone-you-already-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/147417\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm brings cooler charging to the phone you already own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Quick-Charge-5-Key-Visual.png\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a while since Qualcomm launched an upgrade for Quick Charge, but ahead of the company\u2019s annual Snapdragon refresh, it\u2019s back with some big changes for its proprietary charging standard.<\/p>\n<p>First, some context. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2020\/07\/27\/qualcomm-quick-charge-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Qualcomm launched Quick Charge 5<\/a> back in 2020, bundling in support for 100W+ charging and support for powering up a 4,500mAh battery from 0% to 50% in just five minutes. While you\u2019re unlikely to find many devices supporting that level of speed in the US, phones from brands like Xiaomi have come pretty close to reaching Qualcomm\u2019s max speed limits. Now, five years later, Quick Charge 5 is getting an upgrade focused not on improving those speeds necessarily, but on making everything a little bit cooler.<\/p>\n<p>Quick Charge 5+ is designed to reduce the risk of overheating when your device is plugged in and powering up at maximum rates. Qualcomm says it\u2019s designed to \u201cintelligently\u201d adapt to your circumstances, utilizing lower voltages at higher currents in order to \u201cminimize heat generation\u201d up to 20V at 7A. In practice, this should make a big difference to those who use their smartphone while it\u2019s charging, especially during gaming or other high-performance moments. This also should help your battery\u2019s longevity healthy, rather than applying constant stress to the cell as it recharges.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think anyone would say no to cooler, more efficient fast-charging, but it\u2019s also not quite worth the hassle (and cost) of upgrading to a new smartphone. Thankfully, Quick Charge 5+ is backwards compatible with practically every iteration of Qualcomm\u2019s standard, with only Quick Charge 1.0 devices left off the list. That includes devices and accessories, meaning practically everyone with It\u2019ll also, unsurprisingly, work with whatever\u2019s set to be unveiled at <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/05\/19\/qualcomm-snapdragon-8-elite-september-event-confirmed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Snapdragon Summit<\/a> in just a couple of weeks. Same speeds, cooler efficiency for all \u2014 what\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757184007_541_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757184008_365_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47Ewtp0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-685624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757186829_752_08-19-Pixel-10-Series-Ghost-Banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a while since Qualcomm launched an upgrade for Quick Charge, but ahead of the company\u2019s annual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-147417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}