Xiaomi has a wireless charger on the market that offers 55W fast charging rates but apparently, this isn’t fast enough. The company has just revealed it has just developed an 80W wireless fast charger that can fill in a battery in 19 minutes.
A company VP posted a video of the
fast-charging process, revealing the new charger looks a lot like the current
one. He also claimed the new charger is breaking world records since it is
twice as fast as the next in line (which is the 40W Huawei SuperCharge Wireless
Stand). The 55W fast charger was introduced in August alongside the Mi 10 Ultra
- a flagship smartphone that supports 50W rates and in our tests its 4,500 mAh
power cell got from 0 to 100% in 26 minutes.
Xiaomi has designed a “more efficient
wireless charging architecture” with a dedicated chip and an independent coil
system to provide the unbelievable 80W speeds. There are also MTW multi-pole
connectors, dual 6C series batteries in the smartphone, and some software accelerations
as well. Even after the industry standard of 800 full charges, it can provide
90% of its original capacity.
The phone in the video looks like the Mi
10 Ultra with its curved edges of the screen and the single punch hole in the
upper left corner. However, since the demo says a 4,000 mAh power cell, the
device is clearly a prototype. Hopefully, the technology will come with the
next flagship in line which could be the Mi 11 Pro, expected in the first
months of 2021.