I use a portable battery reasonably frequently to make charging easier and as I was looking at replacing my iPad Air with an IPP I also wanted to get a battery that would allow it to fast charge. I did a little research and discovered that the gen 1 12.9 inch IPP would only fast charge with the apple 29W USB C adapter. From what I could see online that was because it used a non standard USB C power delivery option. I also saw some posts that said even other apple USB C adapters would not fast charge the gen 1 12.9 inch IPP.
During the keynote I got some hope that this might change with the newer IPP’s because it was mentioned that they would fast charge with any apple USB C adapter. This suggested to me that the new IPP’s use a standard power delivery option and gave me hope that they may work with third party adapters as well.
To test my theory I ordered an Anker Powercore+ 26800 PD battery which is a beast of an external battery that can provide up to 27W of power through it’s USB C port. It arrived today and I’m happy to report that from my (rather unscientific testing) it can fast charge my new 10.5 inch IPP.
I started with the battery in the IPP at 43% and plugged it into the battery using a genuine apple USB C to lightning cable. I set a timer and used the iPad for 10 minutes. At the end of the 10 minutes my battery was at 52%. Just for comparison, I used the standard 12W adapter and plugged the iPad into that with a genuine apple USB to lightning cable, set a timer and used the iPad for another 10 minutes. At that point the battery had only gone up to 55%.
This is definitely encouraging news to me
During the keynote I got some hope that this might change with the newer IPP’s because it was mentioned that they would fast charge with any apple USB C adapter. This suggested to me that the new IPP’s use a standard power delivery option and gave me hope that they may work with third party adapters as well.
To test my theory I ordered an Anker Powercore+ 26800 PD battery which is a beast of an external battery that can provide up to 27W of power through it’s USB C port. It arrived today and I’m happy to report that from my (rather unscientific testing) it can fast charge my new 10.5 inch IPP.
I started with the battery in the IPP at 43% and plugged it into the battery using a genuine apple USB C to lightning cable. I set a timer and used the iPad for 10 minutes. At the end of the 10 minutes my battery was at 52%. Just for comparison, I used the standard 12W adapter and plugged the iPad into that with a genuine apple USB to lightning cable, set a timer and used the iPad for another 10 minutes. At that point the battery had only gone up to 55%.
This is definitely encouraging news to me