This is too vague for a bug or an Invent issue, so I’ll just send it here.
We’re getting used to every computer having a USB-C port and charging everything with USB-C, but some of these devices don’t support charging through USB-C.
Especially “non-tech” users might not know whether their device supports USB-C charging, so it’d be useful for them to show a notification if you plug in a charger to the USB-C port, but your device doesn’t support charging thought it.
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This is too vague for a bug or an Invent issue, so I’ll just send it here.
Actually, just make a feature request… but I think also you must make it specific to the kind of charging you’re referring (are we talking PD charging? because all USB ports offer a basic 5v supply at 500mA for USB2 or 900mA for USB3).
Are there many people reporting issues and support requests when their USB-C ports don’t charge?
PowerDevil is likely the tool for this job.
Personally I notice that when I plug in my USB-C cable to my mouse, I get no notifications on desktop, I see the charging light on the mouse.
With my keyboard the story is different, it will report that a USB device is connected along with the name of the device, but no information about the actual power supply - I think I am likely to buy a USB-C device similar to the one I bought for my USB cables int he past which reports the status of voltage/current/power being supplied by my chargers over different cables (.
With my phone, I am notified on the phone that charging (fast or slow) is initiated, but not on the desktop.
Charging is a hot topic, having started out with iphones and suffering the insane prices of cables and chargers back in the day… I bought a Kewesi ‘USB current and charging meter’… mostly because I like to buy stupidly cheap cables, as many of them are actually of decent quality…
USB-C power meters are available that do the same job the old USB meters did, they can test your hardware on individual cables/devices to test what actual charging is taking place.
I would argue that this is a better solution for anyone that is interested in charging…
I currently have a 3 metre USB-C cable that fast charges my phone and transfers data, the cost was only $4… as well as my older red braided USB-C 2M cable which came at a cost of only $3. Both cables are over 2 years old…