VOOC fast charging - everything you need to know

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OPPO takes fast charging seriously. Rather than using an off-the-shelf fast charging system, the company has designed and developed its own, known as VOOC.
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[@dtadeo2006]

It's official, Gary Sims is my favorite AA guy!

[@Shaxzara]

Gotcha!

[@ivanjose200]

My Moto X Pure has a 12.5v and 2amp charger with a full 25W of power it charges from 0-100 in about an hour with a 3000mah battery! it's simply awesome, I love it

[@howh3loves]

moto x is fantastic

[@roszailanrossli3904]

Please make video, how to keep battery smartphone stay quality for long term like 2 or 3 years. Almost all smartphone today use Non-removable. So we can't change old battery to new battery. Please give the best tips how take care our battery.

[@roszailanrossli3904]

+Srayan Gangopadhyay Thank you 👍

[@119Adrik]

nah I'm alright LG v10 right here 😘

[@Dubai892JK]

I can give you one good tip. if your phone gonna get hot while charging. turn it off at least till it hits sixty. the point is to avoid heating it up. higher temp affects battery life. try to keep battery temp below 40C in all situations as possible & it'll have longer life.

[@roszailanrossli3904]

+Dubai892JK nice. Good tips, Thank 😘

[@srproductions8798]

Muhammad Roszailan next tip...charge your phone in the fridge by running a connection...keep never let a batttery drop below 15% (5% for the least)barely charge to 100%NOTE *never letting it drop below 30% is more likely to last longer

[@jessechuff]

I'm so happy to see how much your videos have improved. great job!

[@AlbertLeonardoPisa]

you sound like the godfather of battery. very very detailed, and informative. thank you

[@sylvainalain6637]

Can you compare the quick charge 2.0 vs 3.0 ? Nice video man :)

[@kimjongun4466]

In 2.0 you it charges your battery life up to 2hurs While in 3.0 it only charge up to 1hrs and 20 minutes maximum.

[@charlesjsescoto]

@@kimjongun4466 nah

[@MartinzW]

Would be great to have an all-rounder smartphone. One with VUUC charging, Samsung latest CPU, display and main camera, LG wide angle camera, HTC10 OIS front-camera, front facing boom sound speakers, Elephone 10000mAh battery, waterproofing, quality and durability, stock Android, Apple/Amazon support, Google OS updates. Oh and SD card slot. +some cool new built-in SSD solution, and hot-swappable battery (like, if you want to go slim, just live with your 5000mAh, add 5000 more when needed)? Ok, if I am going for maxing out, then an IR blaster and wireless charging also has to be there.

[@nitelite78]

6:07 Jewtube?

[@ismellcap14]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 lmao

[@VinayThakurCool]

XD.

[@VinayThakurCool]

+First Name Last Name hahahaha

[@stickers847]

nitelite78 Somebody say jew?

[@baggiebat]

Thank you!! Omg that makes so much sense my phone would charge to 80% or so pretty quick but getting to 100% takes time or longer then I expect and I'm left confused this makes so much sense.

[@fannentn2393]

Thank you i loved the comparaison especially you being specific about what has been added to the batteries in 60 minutes (1000ma)...

[@r00d11]

I'm using OPPO A39 while watching this vid this is great :)) subscribed

[@trackboy311]

Gary you break down devices the best. keep up the good work

[@mpty2022]

I think temperature is one factor of slow charge however as phone is in charge mode the phone draws power from charger instead of battery. In quick charging the watts may be not enough to do both charging and supply power to gpu, cpu.

[@furgingerbread5119]

OPPO is fantastic with it's battery.

[@ananthu07]

8:33 is it minutes or temperature on the x-axis?

[@goras234]

Great video and comparison! Please do another video with a quickcharge 2.0 vs 3.0 comparison!

[@seventyfive7597]

Nice video, thanks. However QC2.0 got obsolete in 2016 exactly due to its inefficiency, so it'd be interesting to test the claims of fixing it with QC3.0. A heat and charging-while-playing comparison with 2016 models (QC3 ones) would be great... Thanks!

[@zsocc101]

Nice Job! Next time change the minute label on the charts, if it's about the temperatures ;) all in all very good content!

[@bufosp]

this explanation can be made simpler and easier to understand if you explain about heat generation by voltage. in general, the higher the voltage of your electronic devices, the higher the energy (in form of heat) will be generated and dissipated to surrounding areas. the vooc charger only uses 5 volt whereas other quick charger uses 9 or even 12 volt. no wonder the vooc devices can remain cool and the only heat generated is by the CPU, not by the energy transfered to the phone.

[@kemalknight5505]

hi there. how do will charging technologies affect overall battery life? ie months / years a battery has useful charge cycles or number of charge cycles?

[@nilz91]

this test needs a redo. the temperature testing is invalid since you tested the back when it was sitting on the desk for a period of time. so some of the heat are now dispersed into that surface. i would love to see actual battery temp while phone is floating from any surface and with back-cover opened to check temps directly from the battery itself.

[@dragonfist25]

Informative as usual. Thanks for posting.

[@ahmadhanis]

maybe you can do some experiment with the usb type c problem. for example standard usb c with and without quick charge

[@psnKnowledge]

The graph at 3:20 suggests that QuickCharge 3.0 may actually be able to beat this version of VOOC (See R7 vs Note 4). Interesting, hopefully degrading your battery from low efficiency is no longer a negative on either of them!

[@MakeYouHappy1110]

Vooc fast charge is far and away the BEST quick charging technology in the world right now. Not to mention super Vooc is coming soon as well. Oppo rocks!

[@Renovatio2]

Its obviously great for people who want fast charging but my concern is battery longevity. Fast charging already degrades battery cells faster than normal 'slow' charging and unless it was done by someone like LG who still allow the user to replace/buy batteries on the cheap could it not end up you keep needing to recharge your phone more and more as the cells get hammered?

[@Sebastian4216663]

+RenovatioJuris On samsunh phones you can deactivate fast charging.

[@bienfontanilla9490]

Does it have overcharging protection? Like, does it cut off the electricity going into the phone when It gets to 100%??

[@noggan]

I'd like a video that explains all the different types of quick charges with pros and cons.

[@reymondrespecia]

Great video! Can you also make a video of the vooc usb cable pinouts? Coz I think I connected the wrong wires on the pins. I hope you can help me correct my mistake.

[@tr0ublem4kerWZ]

Awesome work! May I ask beside the f1, what other phones can benefit from this vooc charging technology?

[@nurmaizurah4917]

If i use the vooc cable but didnt use the vooc adapter. Would it still be as fast?

[@999catz]

a voice charge and quick charge comparison would be good

[@avicohen2k]

you should do a video just saying battery ;)

[@wajihbec1087]

it would be my life force

[@power-max]

If you need to charge any phone as fast as possible, use the best USB power adaptor you can find, and shut down the phone, and charge it. I have a 5.3v 2.5A power supply that is good for this way of charging. The voltage of 5.3V takes into account voltage drop in the USB cable, so the voltage will still be at about 4.9V by the time it reaches the USB on your phone.

[@itseman2]

duh I know that

[@avatariors12345]

hey there Gary, in your opinion, which is better, Oppo R7 plus or Samsung Galaxy A9 pro? thanks in advance

[@AtifSheikh]

nice video, just to add... my find 7a goes 0 to 70 is exactly 30 minutes. i timed it using stop watch. so don't know why newer ones are taking 5 extra minutes.

[@GarySims]

+Atif Sheikh Different battery sizes.

[@AtifSheikh]

+Gary Sims true that's what Comes to mind but than have seen video of N3 3000 mah battery doing exact same, and r7 plus with 4000 mah said to do same haven't tried myself. anyway its little things not important, the video on other hand thumbs up, have shared to many.

[@luminair123]

Should also test the other two phones when reaching 68% what the temperature will become

[@urm.yaikoo]

3:44 that guy just predicted coronavirus :)

[@MikeTrieu]

+GarySims, I don't think that's the correct way to operate an infrared thermometer. You only triggered it at a single spot at the center of each phone. How do you know the hottest spot is exactly in the center? Every phone is laid out differently. Instead, you should have held down the trigger and swept the thermometer slowly over the entire surface area of each phone so you can accurately capture the hottest readings. Also, as stress tests go, playing KZbin videos isn't exactly the most demanding. Perhaps you should have gone with one of the more comprehensive benchmarking apps that test CPU, GPU, and flash I/O performance. Also, apps like AIDA64 can tell you the temperature readings at the internal chip level so you can tell if the case is dissipating the heat well or if it's just good at insulating your hand from feeling it.

[@debajyotipal5750]

great information. but what exactly is in vooc system that makes it charge fast even when using the phone? curious....

[@GarySims]

+Debajyoti Pal The difference is that other phones need to drop from quick charging to normal charging when watching KZbin, VOOC doesn't need to do that... I think I said that in the video...

[@debajyotipal5750]

+Gary Sims ya...i mean why does it not change the charging mode? whats inside it? some more technical details i mean....

[@GarySims]

Debajyoti Pal Because VOOC uses 5V but 4A which means there is less of a voltage conversion inside the phone. Voltage conversion = heat and it is dangerous to have two heat sources (i.e. the voltage conversion and the CPU/GPU) at the same time... I mention all this in the video...

[@debajyotipal5750]

+Gary Sims yes you did. i missed the point. thanks a lot for clarifying....

[@Sebastian4216663]

+Debajyoti Pal For aditional info OPPO has a video on the actual technology used. It's quite impressive.

[@mariacristinaholagado2091]

Is that compatible with oppo a12.Plzzz please answer

[@shaunbridgesc11]

What phone was that? The one with the physical button

[@calebsmith435]

You guys should do a phone review over the Huawei P8 Max

[@XBlockAcah]

Why my Samsung A5(2016) overheat while fast charging. The aluminium bezel feel really hot that you can't rest your finger on them after a period of time.

[@irekirek123]

its not over heating just alot of power it is over heating when it gets super hot when just Bowering the internet or gaming shuts it down after 5mins of use when charging its fine when gets a bit hot

[@alexischrisranalan3292]

Hmmm vooc is from oppo not samsung

[@Ian-Hinkle]

If you are reading this, you didnt finish the video

[@akilghosh]

So why do others do not use high amp/low volts set up? There should be some con and it should be huge. Right?

[@encryptededdy]

Voltage drop across the cable is much larger at 4A 5V compared to, say, 2A 9V

[@akilghosh]

+Edward Zhang so it's more efficient to use high voltage set up but slower

[@TaukirTanjedit]

i love your videos... can you please make a video about why sony z5 series dose not support 23MP camera res on any 3rd party app... please please please please....

[@ThanhTran-pi4qw]

because the app did not write for that high resolution of the Z5 camera specs. They write for all kinds of android phones, not all of them use 23mp sensor camera

[@143codydrewbieber]

Oppo actually have a very good chance to get it the top of the line in smartphone game. But with the bad reputation of too much replicates the iphone and the software updates are totally sucks. I owned an Oppo find 7 before... I am really hope Oppo find their own identity back.!

[@seekeroftruth45]

Nah they are not remotely original

[@cun1806]

+Man Utd Legend the only thing that I think of when I see oppo is their charging tech. Otherwise, it's just another apple rip off brand. But here in my country people buy a lot of oppo phones. I mean A LOT. They spend a shit ton on advertising, and it paid off. Everywhere I go or when I watch TV I will ALWAYS see an oppo advertisement. Even when I'm going to youtube the local ads in this country is also oppo. And no, I'm not living in China

[@viyusavery248]

+Man Utd Legend ?? i can say quite a few original things oppo has done, some things apple has followed them for

[@PumpkinPipet]

+TheMist Read this article: www.insing.com/feature/7-innovations-you-didnt-know-from-oppo/id-f7863101/

[@PumpkinPipet]

+TheMist Without Oppo, today's smartphone might not have everyone's favourite camera feature, beautify.

[@DanielBoos]

but in samsung guide they said if the screen on the phone will not charge at ultra fast charging

[@GarySims]

+Daniel Boos Exactly! That is the point, which I explain in the video, it drops to normal charging, whereas VOOC doesn't.

[@DanielBoos]

yeah!!

[@deathrodamus9608]

I like these kind of tests. Thanks.

[@yyeeaiqingbole]

Thanks for the explanation. Keep this kind of informative videos coming in.

[@siara2123]

Is the vooc oppo charger compatible for nokia?

[@aleksander791]

watts is the unit for power which Energy per unit time.

[@raymondwong3094]

What was the battery app Gary used on the phones?

[@kapilsaxena1]

Can we use it to charge other fast charge compatible phones (say S7) and would potentially not damage their batteries?

[@1203anza]

No you can't use VOOC Flash Charge for S7. You can though, but not the full 4A but only 2A. Only Oppo has the adapter(or whatever you call it) in some of their phones to be VOOC compatible

[@skywinder8837]

I have oppo f1s, and now I own xiaomi mi5, what I want to know is what if I use oppo Vooc charger (with the oppo cable) to charge my mi5 using USB C converter head, will it works and save for my mi5?

[@fuzz33594]

Gary - great job as always. Is VOOC unique to OPPO?

[@mistamaog]

Yes

[@fuzz33594]

+iMiguelAOG - Proprietary, maybe they will license it to increase profit. Sounds pretty good.

[@mistamaog]

Dick B. It's incredible, heats up much less than Quick Charge 2.0 and charges faster than 3.0

[@cyrix19]

Mr sims' will this vooc charger be alright to power the raspberry pi3 with a power rating of 5.1v 2.5amps?

[@adeelsonu1485]

sir i wanna buy this phone but some people on internet public reviews they tell that this phone takes a long time to charge and drain betery very fast

[@indaysdayout324]

Can we use this on Realme?

[@agilsulistyo625]

nice video. I'm looking for this information about 1 year ago. very helpfull information. but qualcomm Q.C 3.0 was missing in this video. I'm confused for chose between oppo f1 plus or mi5, I don't care about the performance, I want only fast charging and better battery life. could you help me, please?

[@1203anza]

Battery life, R7 Plus will be better. 4100mAH and VOOC quick charging. As a phone in general, Mi5 hands down is better than R7 Plus and F1 Plus. QC 3.0 is pretty quick too.

[@agilsulistyo625]

+Zaid Aziz thanks for your information. but r7 plus have a snapdragon 615 and the rumor is that processor have an overheating problem.

[@1203anza]

+agil sulistiyo You're welcome =) yea you're right about some overheating problems but its nothing like a Mediatek chip though(I mention Mediatek as F1 Plus has it). I've used a couple of phones with Mediatek chips(Sony C5 Ultra and an old chinese phone) and gosh do these things suck the heck out of the battery, half a day's use per charge. Not to mention overheating like craaazy to the point where I can't hold my phone anymore. Its worse than the notorious SD810. Personally using the R7Plus and Zenfone Max, the latter being for work use. Initially there is overheating on both phones but nothing like Mediatek's. Since then I use power saving mode 24/7 and overheating is reduced tremendously, especially on the Zenfone. Performance dip is unnoticeable as I'm not a power user. My personal advice is to stay away from phones with glass backs. Stick to the ones with metal back, dissipates heat so much better compared to glass back which only rely on the metal bumpers on the side. Sure it feels warm on the hand on occasions but I see so many phones with glass back giving so much problem long-term. Its as though the internals were in a slow cooker. My Z2 being a great example. Dies after 16 months of no gaming use. And don't ask me about Samsungs. What a joke. Lol

[@agilsulistyo625]

+Zaid Aziz temperatur of my country is hot. I can see the temperature idle phone is 33°c. my phone now ( xperia zr) if playing game for 20-30 minutes the temperature increase to 48°c. snapdragon krait can't handle term. yeah maybe my phone is old phone. i wanna upgrade to better phone now. especially for charging time. so bored wait charging till full the battery. maybe I wanna go to oppo f1 plus. it have aluminium aloy, not a glass. or maybe to zuk z2? you know all of them on the same pricetag.

[@angelvincesalazar5031]

A3s is also support by vooc charging??

[@CDTucker336]

So he's saying some phones regulate the amps charging? Like if you have a 2 amp charger but the phone will charge around 1 amp or so?

[@GarySims]

+CDTucker336 Yes, the phone "requests" (i.e. draws) the power level it needs, it isn't "pushed" out by the charger...

[@CDTucker336]

+Gary Sims Thanks!

[@AmitKumar-cu1ni]

How about new 2016 vooc super flash charger charges 0 to 100% in just 10 minutes?

[@sampurnanandjha6973]

i like his the way he talks...

[@SpecCrazy]

Can them use normal MicroUSB?

[@heathensarmy7640]

please ,make a video of upcoming Motorola moto E 3rd gen .

[@ninoolegarioofficial7291]

how can we say that the charger is original vooc?

[@seanryan4544]

my charger says 5v at 2 amps or 9v at 2 amps. can someone explain which is what

[@jey_yap]

Is super vooc charger are supported in other phones?

[@afeen21]

last graph was not detailed with ur speech,vooc system even more heat up at 10.7 degree, how it can keep phone cool?

[@GarySims]

+Shamsul Arifeen The VOOC phones heat up only 3 or 4 degrees C while fast charging with the screen off... With the screen on the other phones don't fast charge and still raise to 8+ degrees, the VOOC can fast charge and stream video and raise only 2C more then the others...

[@afeen21]

+Gary Sims thanks for detailed review. I am targetting Oppo F1 Plus in next buying list :D

[@donlegend5025]

oppo f1 plus = faster charging + better selfie camera + better price = sounds like a winner to me

[@mehdymumtaz]

Is it still safe in OPPO F1 Plus occurred overcharged?

[@levihssh]

Will using this charger on another phone damage the battery life? Like using it on the V10 which use a 9V charging system

[@levihssh]

I think it's totally okkay, maybe using different voltage is not convenient

[@williamdrake3141]

I only do wireless. That's why I skipped the 6P. I have had too many micro USB ports go bad . All thought USB type C sounds promising .

[@Sebastian4216663]

+William Drake Wireless fast charging?

[@bhelasuncion953]

is it ok if I use VOOC fast charger to my Oppo F7?

[@SpaceG95]

Will it work on other phones?

[@trackview4607]

Does oppo a5s supported 5v=4a ..

[@solutionsmaker7808]

Does vooc charger compatible for oppo A57?

[@AkmalGhani]

wouldnt it get uncomfortable handling the phone? i mean oppo's temperature rises quite high and im sure it would be unpleasant handling a warm phone on your hands right? anyway, back here in malaysia, there's been 2 cases in the past month alone, where phones exploded while being used while charging, with one of them caused death to the user. so might wanna be careful using phones for extended period of time while charging.

[@EweZuLin]

+Akmal Ghani when phone exploded while charging it is most likely that the charger used is not certified a.k.a. china cheap knockoff charger. it is most likely caused by the shorting of circuits.

[@GarySims]

+Akmal Ghani The VOOC is only 2C warming while fast charging and watching a video...

[@viyusavery248]

+Akmal Ghani ?? oppos temperature rises high when using it but not overall, infact the other two phones raised to 8 degrees while not fast charging.. as gary said other phone will not go fast charging while in use but regular and if you do the math it only increased by 2 degrees, imagine the other phones and because it has an increase in amps there isnt dangerous voltage conversion instead of a huge rise in voltage

[@AkmalGhani]

+assefa hanson yeah I understand that in that way after you explained it. thanks :)

[@mraghav93]

Hey Gary! You are the best!

[@ejstephens7918]

Was that a Samsung chromebook??

[@TheTutorialTeacher]

11:08 When you get trolled

[@alenpasnikov]

+The Tutorial Teacher fak offf xDDDDDD

[@dnvdappel]

Can the oppo f1 (regular) support vooc

[@AudioVintageLover]

any phone can use that plss reply?yes or no

[@al-montassermohamed9924]

can I use vooc charger for oppo f7

[@JacTicTac]

Can anyone explain why this won't work with the hardware of other phones? Just curious.

[@Sebastian4216663]

+Jacquis Gribble It's the internals of the phone that really matter.

[@JacTicTac]

+Sebastian Arturo Araya Carvajal yeah, I know that, but I want to know why that is; what specifically.

[@Sebastian4216663]

Jacquis Gribble OPPO had some videos explaining the tech, I saw them a while ago.

[@hangjebrata]

It's not fair because oppo f1 got smaller tank. The smaller the tank will fill up very quickly

[@Amuaya]

I thought he was gonna show us the one that charges a 2,500mah in 15mins,the one oppo showed at CES

[@wajihbec1087]

me too i am a bit dissapointed

[@Sebastian4216663]

+Brandon M How did they called it? OPPO ultra fast charging or something like that right?

[@Amuaya]

Sebastian Arturo Araya Carvajal nope,it was called oppo vooc fast charging

[@Sebastian4216663]

Brandon M lol that's confusing.

[@Amuaya]

Sebastian Arturo Araya Carvajal haha,yeah

[@PitoVH]

this guy is the best!!! 👏👏👏

[@MaxSergeyenko]

I reeeeeeally wanna know the reason why Samsung used Qualcomm QC2.0 after this video....

[@Sebastian4216663]

+Max Sergeyenko I think QC3.0 is only available for USB type c.

[@sevenpointfive5450]

very interesting something new i have learnt

[@roweannejaspe3550]

Does this charger supports oppo A5s? Reply? Anyone?

[@kaihtheloner]

Won't batteries of a higher capacity take longer to charge? Even if they have fast charge remember that with a larger capacity the charge time would obviously be longer

[@akashdikpati5060]

Is Quick Charging 3.0 better than VOOC ?

[@Sebastian4216663]

+Akash Dikpati No but it's the second best.

[@hamzaamir5024]

does this work with oppo a57?

[@user-ol5pc7me8y]

Vooc charger support for all the oppo mobiles

[@silvestrustate2835]

Do you damage your battery if you use it while it's charging? ??

[@arnabbiswasalsodeep]

Yes, battery lifetime is reduced but these batteries are made that with mind so the impact should be less

[@DominicGo]

My S6 heats up like crazy everytime I charge it. It's almost too hot for me to hold it.

[@olivermurphy97]

Ikr!

[@stevenmccoil7452]

you should do a video explaining the difference between DDR4 RAM and well I guess just regular RAM? haha I've just been hearing about this new DDR4 and I don't really know what it is