Qualcomm loves its charging standards, which have become just as much a selling point for its Snapdragon chipsets as the processor power. Now, just a mere six months after announcing Quick Charge 4, which boosted charging times and safety considerably over its predecessors, Qualcomm is introducing the new Quick Charge 4+ standard.

Unlike previous standards, which required a new chipset, 4+ is something device and accessory manufacturers can implement by adding three enhancements to Quick Charge 4-compliant devices:

• “Dual Charge,” which is already an option in earlier version of Quick Charge, but is “now more powerful”
• “Intelligent Thermal Balancing,” which steers current through whichever of the dual charging pathways is coolest to keep…

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