The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are already shipping to owners and more details are surfacing about the device. Some of these details are interesting while others may be considered as not so important to the average consumer.
Of those important to the average consumer is charging, and according to new info, the new Pixel phones support more than 10W wireless charging. Actually, they support up to 15W wireless charging according to one of the tweets below.
According to the Wireless Power Consortium, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL have a maximum received power of 11W. The info was shared on Twitter by Mishaal Rahman. However, one of the comments under the tweet by @Coloradowise said Google Support confirmed to him that the device supports up to 15W wirelessly.
Google support confirmed to me last night that it would support up to 15w wirelessly. Is this 11w limit from the handset or the charger?
— Christopher Wise (@Coloradowise) October 22, 2019
It turns out that the Maximum Received Power stated by the Wireless Power Consortium can be higher. Take for example the Maximum Received Power of the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G which is stated as 5W but we know the device actually supports 27W wireless fast charging.
It is surprising why Google omitted this very important info at the launch event. They also didn’t announce a new Pixel Stand, and the current one supports only 10W. So if you have a wireless charger that supports 15W or higher, you may want to give it a try.
With wireless charging out of the way, let’s return to wired charging which most people use.
The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL ship with an 18W charger but it actually supports 20W wired charging too. Oh! This applies to the Pixel 3 too. All you have to do is get a USB Power Delivery charger that supports 20W or more. The Pixel 3 supporting 20W wired charging was reported as far back as February but a lot of folks may not be aware.
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