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lucb1e on Nov 4, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C ca...

Wait, you can charge/power a laptop over USB?

JoshTriplett on Nov 4, 2015 [–]

USB type C, yes. You can charge the current Pixel from a USB port. In the case of a type-A host port, you can do so slowly; in the case of a native type-C port, you can do so quickly.

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