Xiaomi’s 300W charger can reach 100% in less than five minutes

The super fast charging race continues and Xiaomi has just taken the lead with a 300W charging demo that shows the phone reaching 100% in less than five minutes.

Previous efforts to charge your phone faster than ever included the 150W OnePlus 10T and the 210W Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Discovery Edition. Last week, Realme confirmed the GT Neo 5 as the world’s first commercially available phone with 240W charging and now the GT 3.

It’s tough at the top and although it’s only in demo form at the moment, Xiaomi has taken the crown.

That makes a lot of sense as the Note 12 Discovery Edition was the first to break the 200W barrier and it’s a similar device here, albeit a modified version. In Redmi’s video, the Note 12 Pro+ has a slightly smaller 4100 mAh battery instead of 4300 mAh.

Battery size has a big impact on charging, of course, but it’s still incredibly fast, with the phone hitting 20 per cent in just over a minute and 50 per cent in just over two minutes.

Redmi’s phone then reaches 100% in four minutes and 54 seconds. The Realme GT Neo 5 takes around twice as long at 240W, however, that’s with a larger 4600mAh battery.

It should be noted that the demo takes place in a controlled environment and even then the charger never reaches the theoretical maximum of 300W. It reaches 290W for a few seconds and maintains around 285W for a few minutes which is impressive.

The main reason for this will be to keep things from overheating and Xiaomi says there are over 50 features built into the system to keep tabs on current, voltage and temperature.

What’s unclear is when this will be available in a phone and how it might impact things like device charge cycles. It took Realme a year to release 240W charging, so I wouldn’t get you hoping to get your hands on 300W this year.