Galaxy Watch 5: Charging the connected watch will take much less time

On August 10, Samsung will lift the curtain on many high-end devices, including its foldable smartphones Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4, and its high-end headphones Galaxy Buds Pro 2, about which we already know everything. But first of all, the new generation Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, whose design was leaked a few days ago, are connected watches.

Thanks to famous leaker SnoopyTech, we now know what the next Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 can offer in terms of fast charging. We already knew this The new smartwatch will benefit from an updated chargerBut we didn’t know much about the Galaxy Watch 5’s charging speed.

Galaxy Watch 5 will charge at full speed

The leak tells us that Galaxy Watch 5 will be able to charge at 10WTwice as fast as the charging speed of the Galaxy Watch 4. The leak states that the charger will be capable of charging. Recharge your battery to 45% in just 30 minutesThat’s pretty fast, at least for a connected watch.

To do this, the charging cable must be connected to a compatible power adapter of at least 10 W, then attached magnetically to the back of the watch. We can also note the presence of a USB-C connection on the cable, which replaces the outdated USB-A connection of previous models.

Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, the most expensive model, may also have at least 10 W fast charging to fill its 572 mAh battery. As a reminder, it’s much more than that previous generation benefiting from only 361 mAh battery. Galaxy Watch 5 Pro offers 3 days of use, especially thanks to this huge new battery. On the operating system side, the watches will benefit from Wear OS 3.5 with the Samsung One UI Watch 4.5 interface.