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Pixel's Adaptive Charging feature no longer relies on alarms to get morning top-ups right
Google's Pixel line gets a welcome change, bringing Adaptive Charging without the need for setting the alarm.
The Google Pixel line offers some of the best Android smartphones on the market, making it a great choice if you're looking to dive into the Android ecosystem for the first time. Perhaps what makes the Pixel line stand head and shoulder above its competitors is that Google constantly updates the software for its smartphones, not only adding new features, but also improving existing ones as well. Most recently, the company has now changed they way its Adaptive Charging feature works, removing the need to set alarms in order to have it properly active.
Fast Charging Explained: The slowest to the fastest Fast Charging technologies
Curious about fast charging? Here's everything you need to know about fast wired charging standards and how to pick the best charger!
Smartphones are getting smarter by the minute, and as a result, our smartphone usage is ballooning. This spike in smartphone usage has inspired companies to devise newer methods to improve battery backup. While making batteries bigger is the most obvious choice, the bulking it causes to a smartphone is also unavoidable. The next best alternative is to slash the torturous waiting periods for charging, allowing users to get several hours of usage from just a few minutes of charging. The demand for fast charging is mushrooming parallel to our smartphone needs. That is why almost all smartphone manufacturers are trying to compete by improvising on the existing charging technologies.
Fast charging has gotten fast enough. Give us better battery life instead!
Xiaomi recently introduced a phone that can charge at 210W, but do we really need charging this fast?
Xiaomi has pushed out several mobile hardware boundaries in 2022, including launching the first phone with an uncropped 1-inch sensor, the thinnest foldable phone by some distance, and very recently, 210W fast charging in a smartphone, which can apparently top up a 4,300mAh battery in just nine minutes.
Speed, Thermal, and Performance Comparison of Fast Charge Standards
Check out XDA's in-depth charging standard comparison and tests to learn about smartphone charging speeds and more! Current Winner: OnePlus Dash Charge.
One of the most common qualms from smartphone users is how their phones never last through the whole day. Despite all the advances in smartphones in recent years, such as quick charging solutions like Quick Charge, Dash Charge and SuperCharge, batteries feel like they have not evolved quick enough to keep up with our needs.
How to Automatically Toggle Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging while at Home
A tutorial on how to automatically disable Samsung's Adaptive Fast Charging while at home, but enable it otherwise. May prolong battery longevity.
While we haven’t seen a breakthrough in battery technology, many companies have instead opted to focus on innovations in charging technology. Qualcomm offers their Quick Charge technology, Huawei offers what they call SuperCharge, Motorola has their TurboPower, Oppo offers its VOOC, and Samsung has Adaptive Fast Charging. (Our personal favorite charging technology is OnePlus’s DashCharge, which is a modified version of Oppo’s VOOC.)