Your USB-C Cable Charges Your Phone Fine. Why Is Your Laptop Struggling?

A hand holds a USB-C charging plug beside a blue laptop’s port, with a phone lying nearby.

The phone starts charging. The laptop, on the same charger and cable, barely gains battery—or keeps losing it while you work. The cable is an obvious suspect. But a phone can charge normally on far less power than many laptops need, so the phone working doesn’t clear the cable, the charger or the port. The … Read more