Google’s Pixel 9 Professional XL doubtless wants a particular charger for its 37W quick charging

The Google Pixel 9 Professional XL stands above the broader Pixel 9 sequence, supporting a lot sooner charging than final yr. It now hits 37W, up from 27W last-gen, offered you might have a appropriate USB Energy Supply PPS charger. Nonetheless, you may also must test in case your new charger helps a particular voltage requirement. Simply what we want —  one other complication to throw into the charging hell pit.

A thread on Reddit factors out that the Pixel 9 Professional XL, the one mannequin to sport sooner charging this yr, does so by growing the charging voltage relatively than the extra conventional technique of accelerating the present. Particularly, the handset hit as much as 18V within the poster’s testing.

Voltage and present are two halves of the identical energy coin, however usually, changing excessive voltages again all the way down to ~4V battery stage incurs an effectivity and warmth penalty, so the method is normally reserved for greater energy ranges and larger batteries, corresponding to these in laptops.

Extra importantly, although, not each charging brick available on the market meets this requirement as a result of telephones that use greater voltages for USB Energy Supply PPS usually are not as frequent. For instance, Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Extremely I’ve in hand opts for below 10V and as much as 5A of present. In different phrases, even when you’ve got a charging brick that outputs 40W or extra, it may not be capable of present the 37W the Pixel 9 Professional XL needs in the best way that it asks for it.

That mentioned, Google isn’t alone in utilizing greater voltages for quick charging. Because of excessive voltages, ASUS’ Zenfone 11 Extremely and ROG Cellphone 8 Professional can attain as much as 65W over USB PD PPS, however they cost slower on charging adaptors I examined that solely help 10V. Laptops additionally generally request 20V to scale as much as 100W or extra however largely do that over the common USB PD specification.

We’re nonetheless testing exactly what the Pixel 9 Professional XL must cost at full energy, but when it does require the next voltage, third-party chargers exist already that ought to work simply high-quality; you’ll simply need to confirm the help voltage. For instance, Samsung’s newest 45W charger and Anker’s 45W Nano II declare to hit 20V/2.25A over PPS. Nonetheless, for those who want a brand new charger on your Pixel 9 Professional XL, taking part in it protected with Google’s official 45W charger is your greatest guess.