Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller Cuts Charging Time in Half

It'll instrumentality astir fractional the clip to afloat complaint your Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller compared to the OG model.

As spotted by Nintendo Life, Nintendo precocious unveiled the tech specs of the caller and improved $84.99 Switch 2 Pro Controller, confirming that it'll instrumentality astir three-and-a fractional hours to complaint (providing you're utilizing the Nintendo Switch 2 AC adapter oregon the USB-C charging cable). That's astir fractional the six hours it takes to afloat complaint the archetypal Pro controller.

Best of all, that faster complaint doesn't travel astatine the disbursal of the Pro Controller's fantastic 40-hour artillery beingness — the Pro Controller 2 volition besides tally for astir 40 hours betwixt charges. And it boasts the caller C button, has 2 further GL/GR buttons connected the underside, and is somewhat lighter and smaller than the archetypal version.

If you're not rather acceptable to portion with your OG controller, don't hide Nintendo precocious confirmed that the archetypal controller volition beryllium compatible with the caller console system.

Nintendo officially unveiled the Switch 2 successful a 60-minute Nintendo Direct earlier this month. While pre-orders were primitively acceptable to unfastened successful aboriginal April successful the U.S., tariff-related uncertainty caused Nintendo to hold the pre-order day to April 24. During the delay, Nintendo confirmed it was keeping the $449.99 terms of the Switch 2 console and games the same, but raised prices connected astir Switch 2 accessories (the Switch 2 Pro Controller jumped from $80 to $85).

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