Android 15 is preparing to tweak the threshold that determines whether a charger is seen as fast, from 7.5W to a more reasonable 20W.

TL;DR

  • Android 15 is preparing to tweak the threshold that determines whether a charger is seen as fast, from a measly 7.5W to a more reasonable 20W.
  • The operating system has long considered any charging speeds of at least 7.5W to be fast, which is far, far below what actual fast chargers can deliver nowadays.
  • The change isn’t live yet in the latest Android 15 beta, though, so chargers that deliver 7.5W of power will still be seen as fast on Pixels.
  • OsaErisXero@kbin.run
    7·
    6 months ago

    iirc, there are currently 3 charging states: Fast, Slow, and Low Power Charger, which already covers your cases, so I would argue just moving the bar between low and high up is probably enough.

    • Die4EverEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      then I wonder what the cutoff is for “low power charger” because I don’t think I’ve ever seen that, it could probably stand to be increased a bit

      • OsaErisXero@kbin.run
        5·
        6 months ago

        I’ve only ever seen it when running a game or when a chromebook got plugged into a 5w charger, so I’m guessing it’s when the OS does the math and decides it can’t rev down enough to make headway while booted up.

        • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago

          It’s also possible to have voltage issues on a device with multi-cell batteries.

          My laptop charges on a type-C charger, but only if it can get 15+ volts. If it’s a 12V charger, that isn’t enough to push a charge into its battery. It will run on 12V but won’t charge at all, even if it’s off.