More Quick-Charge 3.0-Compatible Devices Coming, Qualcomm Says

Qualcomm gave a progress report Wednesday on adoption of its Quick Charge 3.0 technology since the launch of its Snapdragon 820 processor. Qualcomm highlighted the HTC 10 as one smartphone to incorporate Quick Charge 3.0 and said more compatible devices and accessories will be announced over the coming months. The company didn’t break out how many products include the latest version of Quick Charge, only saying more than 70 devices and 200 accessories support “one of the two most recent versions" of the technology, with more in development. Additional products that use Quick Charge technology are the LeEco Le Max Pro, LG G5 and Xiaomi Mi 5 smartphones and power banks from APE Technology, Shenzhen DBK, Elecjar, RAVPower and Voxlink, Qualcomm said. HP’s Elite x3 smartphone is the first Windows-based device to support Quick Charge, it said. Quick Charge 3.0 incorporates Qualcomm’s Intelligent Negotiation for Optimum Voltage algorithm that allows portable devices to maximize efficiency by requesting the optimum power level. With Quick Charge 3.0, a typical smartphone can charge from zero to 80 percent in roughly 35 minutes, 27 percent faster than the previous version of Quick Charge, the company said. The technology is forward and backward compatible and can be implemented in USB Type-A, USB micro, USB Type-C and proprietary connectors.