{"id":378119,"date":"2026-09-17T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=378119"},"modified":"2026-09-17T01:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:24:14","slug":"the-charger-for-the-apple-watch-12-and-ultra-4-isnt-the-same-as-the-others-and-for-good-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-charger-for-the-apple-watch-12-and-ultra-4-isnt-the-same-as-the-others-and-for-good-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"The charger for the Apple Watch 12 and Ultra 4 isn&#8217;t the same as the others, and for good reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-apple-watch-series-12-and-the-ultra-4-change-everything-this-is-how-they-stack-up-against-the-current-generation\" rel=\"noopener\">the Apple Watch Series 12 and the Apple Watch Ultra 4<\/a> arrive with a long list of new features. As for battery life improvements, Apple has updated more than just the watch, since we also have a new charger. It looks the same as ever, but <strong>the difference is on the inside and it lets us charge our new watch quite a bit faster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A 10 W charger for the new hardware<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported by MacRumors, the new Apple Watch Magnetic Fast Charger, model A3277, can deliver up to 10 W of power, double the 5 W of the previous version. Combined with the internal changes in the new watches, <strong>a 15-minute charge gives you up to 12 hours<\/strong> of battery life on the Series 12 and up to 18 hours on the Ultra 4.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get those numbers, you&#8217;ll need, of course, a 10 W or higher USB-C Power Delivery adapter. The same one we use to charge the iPhone, or even the Mac charger, will work just fine here.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the new charger is compatible with previous watches and we can use it with them without any issues, we won&#8217;t notice improvements in speed. The Series 11 still gets 8 hours of battery life after 15 minutes of charging and the Ultra 3 still gets 12 hours. The key lies in the internal hardware changes of the Series 12 and the Ultra 4.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just like when choosing official and certified chargers for the Apple Watch, here the charger model is what matters. One that keeps our watches running longer on a single charge.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Apple Watch Series 12 and the Apple Watch Ultra 4 arrive with a long list of new features. As for battery life improvements, Apple has updated more than just the watch, since we also have a new charger. It looks the same as ever, but the difference is on the inside and it lets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-charger-for-the-apple-watch-12-and-ultra-4-isnt-the-same-as-the-others-and-for-good-reason\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The charger for the Apple Watch 12 and Ultra 4 isn&#8217;t the same as the others, and for good reason&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9262,"featured_media":378118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-378119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378120,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378119\/revisions\/378120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378119"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=378119"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=378119"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=378119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}