A much anticipated upgrade in charging speeds means a 30-minute top-up is now enough to get you through a day of use.
One of the most unexpected and exciting changes in the iPhone 17 series was Apple finally adding fast charging.For years (heck, decades!), Apple has only supported slow charging speeds, officially listing 20W support on its web page.With the new iPhone 17 family, we now get support for speeds of up to 40W when you charge with a cable. The good news is that this is not a feature reserved only for the Pros — it will work on the vanilla iPhone 17 as well. The super slim iPhone Air, however, is still limited to 20W charging.Here is the quick breakdown per model:It’s also important to remember that while other companies like Xiaomi and OnePlus often support faster charging speeds, they use proprietary standards, while Apple sticks with the industry-wide standard of USB-C PD (Power Delivery).In practice, this means that if you buy a third-party charger like ones from Anker, Ugreen or others, you will have better compatibility with an iPhone or a Galaxy that use the USB-C PD standard than with Xiaomi or OnePlus phones.One significant detail worth mentioning here is that Apple has adopted the latest USB PD 3.2 standard, and specifically a new protocol that comes mandatory with it called AVS. We will explain what this means towards the end of this article, but first, let’s see the charging test results.
