200W charger fully charges smartphone in 8 minutes

A new innovation from the Chinese Xiaomi. The super-fast HyperCharge charger can charge a smartphone in 8 minutes. In addition, there are also developments in the field of wireless charging.

Xiaomi HyperCharge

Charging a smartphone can take some time, depending on the device and the charger. Especially the high-end smartphones are already charging faster and faster, and Xiaomi is taking it a step further. The company presents HyperCharge with which a smartphone can be charged even faster.

It concerns two charging techniques that the company presents. The wireless charger must be able to charge with a power of 120W. In the video that the company shares, a 4000 mAh battery is half charged in 7 minutes. Fully charging takes 15 minutes. The real news is about the wired charger. It can charge with 200W. It is 50 percent charged in 3.5 minutes; it takes about 8 minutes to fully charge. In both cases, it concerns a battery of 4000 mAh. Xiaomi uses a modified Mi 11 Pro in the video.

It is unknown when the first smartphones will appear from Xiaomi with the HyperCharge technology.