At MWC 2019, Huawei announced the new MateBook 14 and a new version of the MateBook X Pro. Both come with a USB-C 65W power adapter and can be used to charge other devices too. It appears the manufacturer has a power bank in development that will be able to charge the notebook when you are on the road or away from a wall outlet.

Earlier today, Huawei’s VP of mobile business, Li Xialong Bruce Lee, shared a photo of a Huawei MateBook connected to a device that’s covered up. Between the cable and the device which we believe is a power bank is a Power-Z USB Voltage Current Tester. The display on the tester shows the device is drawing 19.9V and 1.86A of current. The total power drawn is 37.19W.

One can deduce that the power bank supports USB Power Delivery and can support a maximum power output of 40W. Though not as fast as the 65W power adapter, this should keep the MateBook from running out of battery while in use. The power bank should also be able to charge your phones or other devices that support charging via USB Power Delivery.

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There is no info yet on when Huawei will unveil the power bank. Mr. Bruce Lee says he has been testing the product for three months which should mean a launch is around the corner. We won’t be surprised if Huawei announces it at tomorrow’s Paris event.

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Carrying multiple chargers for your gadgets should be a thing of the past with the plethora of multi-port chargers in the market. If you still haven’t found the one that suits you best, you may want to take a look at Xiaomi’s new multi-port charger. The charger comes with 6-ports and should cover all your charging needs.

One of the six ports is a USB-C port that supports Quick Charge 3.0 and USB Power Delivery. There are also five USB-A ports including another Quick Charge 3.0 port.

The multi-port charger has a glossy white finish which does look good but we would like it better it if it was available in black too. The sides are curved and there are hidden LED lights that become visible when it is plugged.

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The charger has a 60W power rating and a 100-240v voltage input which means it should work in any country. It is also compatible with Apple and Android devices.

This is Xiaomi’s most expensive mulit-port charger yet but also the one with the most features. It will go on sale on March 7 at 10:00 AM (local time) for just ¥129 (~$20).

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At the 2017 Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm unveiled Quick Charge 4+ wall and car chargers. The chargers though made by a third-party company are the first to be certified by Qualcomm. Below is an unboxing and quick review of the wall charger.

The charger comes in a blue and white box and is made by Ever Win (Dongguan Yi. Electronics) International Corp. The charger itself has a matte black flame retardant shell with an American plug. There is a USB-C output port on top and a Quick Charge logo below it.

On one side of the charger, the various charging outputs are listed. There is 5V/3A, 9V/3A, 11V/2.4A, and 12V/2.25. However, a test using a ChargerLAB POWER-Z USB voltmeter revealed that the charger also supports Quick Charge 2.0, Quick Charge 3.0, and USB Power Delivery 3.0.

Below is a table of various phones, supported charging technology and the amount of watts drawn when using the QC4+ charger.

The Huawei Mate 9 is able to charge at up to 17.69W. It is followed closely by the iPhone 8 Plus which charges at 9.09V/1.90A (16.27W), and the Meizu PRO5 at 9.10A/1.78A (16.20W). All the above mentioned devices support USB Power Delivery. However, the New MacBook Pro didn’t charge fast even though it also supports USB PD.

The charger also doesn’t supports Apple’s 2.4A fast charging protocol, so using this charger with your iPad Air 2 or iPhone 7 won’t give you the fastest possible charging speed.

For Quick Charge 3.0, the charger was able to charge the Sony Xperia XZ premium and the Xiaomi Mi 5.

Its interesting to know that the charger supports multiple charging protocols even though not all devices are able to take advantage of it.

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Starting next year, we should see, more manufacturers release their own Quick Charge 4+ chargers as well as compatible devices.

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There are lots of fast charging technologies in the market right now. Some of the popular ones are Qualcomm’s Quick Charge, OPPO’s VOOC Charge, OnePlus’s Dash Charge, and Motorola’s TurboPower. There is also USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) which is used by the Google Pixel, Pixel XL, and MacBooks.

Google wants the charging standard to be unified and is telling Android smartphone manufacturers to ditch Quick Charge (or any other form) and switch to USB-PD instead. To ensure that, Google added a new clause to the Android Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) that OEM’s must follow. The clause in the Android 7.0 CDD has been extracted below:

Type-C devices are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to not support proprietary charging methods that modify Vbus voltage beyond default levels, or alter sink/source roles as such may result in interoperability issues with the chargers or devices that support the standard USB Power Delivery methods. While this is called out as “STRONGLY RECOMMENDED”, in future Android versions we might REQUIRE all type-C devices to support full interoperability with standard type-C chargers.

It is still strongly recommended for now and not yet a must. But it appears some manufacturers have started adopting the standard. The Xiaomi Mi 6 which supports Quick Charge 3.0 has been found to also support USB-PD.

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The Xiaomi Mi 6 was charged with the Mi Notebook Air’s 65W charger and charging speeds were measured with two charge detectors.One gave a reading of 9.05V/1.76A which is approximately 16W and the other gave a reading of 9.36V/1.68A which also translates to 16W. So if you own a USB Type-C charger with USB-PD, you can use that to charge your Mi 6 as well.

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