Google is working on inductive charging and reversible USB connector for Chromebooks

Information has surfaced on the Chromium OS discussion group about a new development board that supports inductive wireless charging. In addition, the system has a USB 3.1 type-c connection and a 64-bit Nvidia chipset.

The posting about wireless charging on the Chromium OS discussion group was picked up by Reddit user Basmith7, after Google employee François Beaufort previously hinted at the arrival of a new Chrome OS board. The board is codenamed Ryu, the name of one of the Street Fighter characters.

It can be concluded from the various postings on the discussion group that Google has activated inductive charging at Ryu, but there is also a connection for a normal power supply. The device has a folding screen and a lightbar, a strip of colored LEDs that Google previously integrated into the back of the display of the Chromebook Pixel.

In addition, a USB 3.1 connection of type c is present. It supports speeds of up to 10Gbit/s and fits new plugs that also fit in reverse. Finally, there are many indications that the board uses an Nvidia Tegra chipset with support for 64bit instructions. In the postings, the designation Tegra132 is mentioned, which indicates that it is the 64-bit ARMv8 version of the K1 soc codenamed Denver, which Nvidia itself announced earlier.

Working on the development board can indicate several things: Google can simply work on it for testing purposes, it can be a reference board on which manufacturers base upcoming Chrome OS products, and it can be Google’s own product, such as a new Chromebook. Pixel.