Samsung Superfast compatible charging hub

sandys · 26 Aug 2022 at 09:49

I recently bought a USB charging block and it kicked in Samsung's Superfast charging on my Note 10+ and it was indeed quite a bit quicker than normal fast charging, now I don't normally enable fast charge unless I need to fast charge and when I do it is never fast enough

so this was a welcome surprise, of course this discovery in the 3rd year as I am about to ditch it is a bit late for this one

but I guess this will be same for the Flip4, Fold4 and Ultra 20 we have.

I'd like to get another new charging block that can do this, I don't quite understand what spec I should be looking for to enable this functionality. I assume this is what PPS is? If an advert says PPS is that enough, or is there something else I need to look for in the spec.

Of course I can buy what I just bought but I would like to get one that can also give 60w to a laptop, fast charge an iPad and super fast charge a couple of Samsung's,

In an ideal world I guess it'd be predominantly USB C with one USB A but I can always buy appropriate cables, any recommendations for charging hubs?

Orcvader · 26 Aug 2022 at 13:25

Older Samsung phones was some sort of variation of Qualcomm's Quickcharge, but newer phones have moved on to the more universal USB-PD standard. You are correct you should be looking for PPS as it's part of the newer USB-PD 3.0 spec and far more future proof. It won't be just Samsung phones, other Android phones and other devices that can charge via USB-C will support the USB-PD standard. Even iPhones will have to thanks to the EU now forcing everyone to use USB-C with USB-PD as the standard charging port.

I haven't seen any charging hubs with multiple high wattage USB-PD PPS ports, most hubs only come with 1 or 2 port with high wattage charging while the others are lower speeds. If that's enough though I believe Anker does one that does 45W on one port and 20W on the second port (Or 65W if only a single device is plugged in), I would imagine that should be fine for both a laptop and a phone/tablet at the same time.

sandys · 26 Aug 2022 at 16:11

I do have quite a few USB PD chargers already but its the first time Supercharging had kick in with the new one, so I guess there is a specific PPS level it must need, the 60W Topvork(?) cheapo I bought of Amazon is light on spec detail so don't know what standards it has beyond PPS, I will try a higher power USB PD charger that mentions PPS and cross my fingers.

I guess this us Samsungs fault for going with a non standard, standard

kona786 · 26 Aug 2022 at 17:03

sandys said:
I do have quite a few USB PD chargers already but its the first time Supercharging had kick in with the new one, so I guess there is a specific PPS level it must need, the 60W Topvork(?) cheapo I bought of Amazon is light on spec detail so don't know what standards it has beyond PPS, I will try a higher power USB PD charger that mentions PPS and cross my fingers.

I guess this us Samsungs fault for going with a non standard, standard

PPS is an open standard. And just an extension of PD.

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This does PPS all the way upto 5A supposedly. Lower spec ones only do 3A.