{"id":1086,"date":"2025-09-02T19:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/you-can-charge-your-apple-watch-phone-and-laptop-all-at-once-with-this-240w-usb-c-cable\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T19:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:55:05","slug":"you-can-charge-your-apple-watch-phone-and-laptop-all-at-once-with-this-240w-usb-c-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/you-can-charge-your-apple-watch-phone-and-laptop-all-at-once-with-this-240w-usb-c-cable\/","title":{"rendered":"You can charge your Apple Watch, phone, and laptop all at once with this 240W USB-C cable"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Apple Watch, iPhone, and MacBook laptop on a marble surface all being charged from a single USB-C cable.\" data-caption=\"The Zens Pro 3 USB-C charging cable includes additional inline wireless chargers. | Image: Zens\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Zens\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/zens1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe Zens Pro 3 USB-C charging cable includes additional inline wireless chargers. | Image: Zens\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It\u2019s not an entirely new idea given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/605967\/nomad-usb-c-universal-cable-apple-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nomad\u2019s Universal Cable from earlier this year<\/a> can charge an Apple Watch and an additional device at the same time, but Zens\u2019 new Pro 2 and Pro 3 USB-C cables offer additional functionality and some welcome future-proofing as chargers become more powerful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The cheaper of the two is the \u20ac49.99 (around $58) <a href=\"https:\/\/zens.tech\/shop\/charging-cable-usbc-c-pro-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pro 2 USB-C charging cable<\/a> that includes an inline Qi2 charging puck that can wirelessly charge a smartphone or earbuds at up to 15W speeds. It\u2019s not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/708060\/qi-2-2-certification-25w-wpc-belkin-anker-ugreen-aukey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qi2.2 compatible<\/a> so you won\u2019t get faster 25W wireless charging, but it is compatible with 140W chargers so you can plug in a power-hungry laptop, and Zens says the cable also supports charging rates up to 240W once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/11\/6\/24289498\/delta-electronics-240w-usb-c-pd-charger-first-adapter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more powerful chargers<\/a> become common.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/zens2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0.013561160835366,100,99.972877678329\" alt=\"The Zens Pro 2 and Pro 3 USB-C charging cables side-by-side.\" title=\"The Zens Pro 2 and Pro 3 USB-C charging cables side-by-side.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;The pricier Pro 3 (top) includes an Apple Watch and AirPods wireless charger while the Pro 2 (bottom) has just a single Qi2 pad.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: Zens\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Zens\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">At nearly twice the price the \u20ac99.99 (around $117) <a href=\"https:\/\/zens.tech\/shop\/charging-cable-usb-c-c-pro-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pro 3 USB-C charging cable<\/a> offers the same functionality as the Pro 2 but adds an additional wireless charger for AirPods and the Apple Watch. Both versions measure 59-inches in length and are available for preorder now with shipping expected sometime in October 2025.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zens Pro 3 USB-C charging cable includes additional inline wireless chargers. | Image: Zens It\u2019s not an entirely new [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}