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USB-C, Fast & Wireless Chargers for Your Devices (21)
How to Choose a Charger
The right charger comes down to three things: the standard your device supports, the wattage it needs, and the connector. Get those right and everything charges at full speed; get them wrong and you'll either charge slowly or not at all. The guide below covers what matters.
Wattage sets charging speed and which devices a charger can handle. A phone is happy with a lower-wattage charger, while laptops and tablets need a higher-wattage USB-C PD unit to charge at full speed. Buying a higher-wattage charger is safe — your device only draws what it needs — but a too-low charger will charge a laptop slowly or not at all.
These are the two main fast-charging standards. USB-C PD is the universal standard used by most modern phones and all USB-C laptops. Quick Charge (QC) is common on some Android phones. For best results, match the charger's standard to what your device supports — a PD phone gets fast charging from a PD charger.
GaN (gallium nitride) is a newer chip material that runs cooler and more efficiently than older silicon. The result is a charger that delivers high wattage in a much smaller, lighter body. GaN chargers are ideal for travel and for high-power laptop charging where you want compact size without sacrificing speed.
A single-port charger is simplest for one device. A multi-port charger powers a phone, tablet and laptop from one wall plug, which is handy for a desk or travel. Note that total wattage is shared across ports, so check that the charger can still hit your laptop's needs when other devices are plugged in.
The cable matters as much as the charger. To get full fast-charging speed, you need a cable rated for the wattage — many laptop chargers need a 100W-rated USB-C cable. A cheap or low-rated cable will bottleneck a powerful charger, so pair a fast charger with a quality cable.