There’s a new generation of Android smartphones coming in early 2017, and they’re going to charge faster than ever.

Qualcomm's all-new Snapdragon 835 processor is being unveiled by way of its  announcement of Quick Charge 4.0, the company's next-level recharging standard.

Quick Charge 4.0 will be able to eke out 20% faster charging from phones with the new System-on-a-Chip compared to the current Snapdragon 820 devices employing the Quick Charge 3.0 standard.

That’ll get you about five hours of talk time battery life in just five minutes and it's almost two-and-a-half times as rapid as the original Quick Charge platform from 2013. 

Supposed to be safer than ever

There was an obvious undertone of caution when Qualcomm unveiled the Quick Charge 4.0 standard in conjunction with the Snapdragon 835 chip.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 battery explosions and subsequent recall are fresh in everyone's mind, even if Qualcomm didn't have anything to do with the issue.

That's why the company was sure to emphasis and re-emphasis and re-re-emphasis its "Comprehensive Quick Charge 4 Safety Enhancements" with multiple levels of protection at all layers.

This means the new charging standard is monitoring the battery, system, cables and connectors during the rapid recharge phase, according to Qualcomm.

With a goal of fast charging with more USB-C chargers across the board, Snapdragon 835 and Quick Charge 4.0 are also supposed to end USB-C overcharging issues. Cheap cables that draw too much power and fry devices won't be as much of a problem.

Which phones will get Snapdragon 835?

Qualcomm didn't, however, get into which devices will support Quick Charge 4.0 or its new Snapdragon 835 processor.

It's simply a teasing that sequels to current Snapdragon 820 and 821 phones will be able to harness the power of the new chip and charging standard.

It did tell us that the System-on-a-Chip is going to be smaller than ever at just 10nm, making it the first mobile processor of its size and requiring less power.

All of this means we're likely to see phones with better battery life performance like the LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8 in early 2017, when the new chip and charging platform are set to launch.