Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra’s faster charging looks set for a branding refresh

Despite only supporting 45W wired charging speeds, Samsung markets its fast charging tech as Super Fast Charging 2.0. With the Galaxy S26 rumored to support faster 60W wired top-ups, the company will seemingly upgrade the branding for its fast charging technology as well.

At this point, multiple rumors and leaks have all but confirmed that the Galaxy S26 Ultra will get a long-overdue boost in wired charging speeds. It will supposedly pull up to 60W of power from a compatible power brick, which should help significantly reduce the time needed to get the battery to a respectable 70–80%.

With such a notable boost in speeds — from 45W on the S25 Ultra to the rumored 60W on the S26 Ultra, Samsung will reportedly rebrand its fast-charging tech as Super Fast Charging 3.0.

Code discovered in a leaked One UI 8.5 firmware by the Android Authority team references the new branding.

The code doesn’t explicitly confirm 60W charging, but it labels Super Fast Charging 3.0 as “level 4,” while the current 2.0 implementation appears as “level 3.” If anything, that indicates a clear step up in speed.

60W might not actually mean “60W”

Despite being branded as 60W, the S26 Ultra will apparently pull 55W of power on an empty battery. After the cell hits 15%, it will draw 45W of power until around 70%. Post that, the charging speeds will drop significantly to help reduce heat and unwanted wear and tear.

For comparison, the Galaxy S25 Ultra supports 45W fast wired charging, but it only pulls that much power for the first few minutes on an empty battery.

Still, this should result in noticeably shorter charging times, especially since Samsung will purportedly stick with the same 5,000mAh cell as used in the last few flagship Galaxies.

Besides wired charging, wireless speeds will apparently get a boost, too. Like the Pixel 10 Pro XL, the Galaxy S26 Ultra may support Qi 2.2, enabling it to pull 25W power wirelessly.

Again, this should help reduce charging times significantly, as current Galaxy phones only support 15W wireless charging. It will be interesting to see how Samsung manages the extra heat generated by these faster charging speeds.