It seems very unlikely smartphone manufacturers will start making thicker phones again, and battery technology moves at a snail's pace, so in order to make our phones work for longer, faster charging seems to be the focus. Xiaomi's latest effort resets the bar for how fast a battery can be fully recharged.

As Liliputing reports, Xiaomi president Lin Bin posted a video yesterday demonstrating the company's new 100 watt fast charging technology, which Phone Radar confirms is called Super Charge Turbo.

Somehow Xiaomi has been able to manage the heat generated by pumping 100 watts of charge into a phone battery, which is essential if you want millions of consumers around the world using it in their homes. The end result is the ability to recharge a completely drained 4,000mAh battery to 100 percent in just 17 minutes.

Most people don't allow their phone batteries to fully drain, meaning a handset equipped with Super Charge Turbo could be topped up to 100 percent in 10 minutes or so when the battery if just mostly drained, meaning while you eat your breakfast or lunch. Heavy users could do both and not have to worry about leaving their phone for a couple of hours to charge anymore. The downside to this being you use up the battery's lifecycles more quickly, but hopefully not quick enough that you require a new battery before investing in a new phone.

Apparently Xiaomi is preparing to launch the Super Charge Turbo technology and it's expected to be compatible with the Mi 9 and Mi MIX 3 5G. Next we need Xiaomi to do the same for tablets and laptops.