Earlier today (29th September 2022), the China Communications Standards Association and others jointly announced a new standard for Universal Fast Charging in the country. A number of brands have also hopped on board, so here are the details.

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The China Communications Standards Association has just released the first batch of 11 fast charging certifications. With this announcement, a number of Chinese smartphone makers have passed these certifications. This includes known names like Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi as well. The new standard for universal fast charging was established to promote the development of the fast charging technology in terms of five major aspects:

  • To continue the improvement of fast charging solution and expanding its support  for various applications.
  • Promote the transformation of fast charging group standards into a singular universal standards that will be valid on an industry scale.
  • This will also help track the progress of international fast charging standardization and even bring the Chinese group standards to the international standards level to bring China as the global standard for fast charging solutions.
  • Help promote more firms to adopt a unified fast charging standard.
  • And lastly, it will also help improve the third party certification and identification.

The new standard is called UFCS or the Universal Fast Charging Specification. This will soon be adopted by various smartphone manufacturers soon, with the aforementioned brands already being on board. One of the first new certifications introduced is for the 40W maximum power output for the first stage, with the second stage reaching the 65W charging mark. This is still not high as some of the fast charging options offered on some high end phones, but we can expect the standards to have these certifications soon.

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