Japan is Testing USB Phone Charging Stations in Public Transport Buses (thenextweb.com)

Posted by msmash on Friday January 20, 2017 @04:40AM from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

According to Japanese news outlet IT Media, a public transport bus in the Tokyo area has introduced, and is currently testing, USB charging stations for commuter phones and tablets. From a report: While the local Bureau of Transportation hasn't formally announced or confirmed the trials, numerous passengers so far have reported seeing the charging ports. The service runs free of charge, with at least five of these wall-mounted charging hotspots placed inside the bus. According to reports, the service is currently available solely in a single bus. It remains unclear how long testing will continue or whether it will eventually roll out to more buses. Japan isn't the only country to have offered phone charging stations in public transport vehicles. Last September, London also equipped a limited number of busses with USB chargers. Similarly, Singapore ran trials with wall-mounted phone chargers on at least 10 buses in September last year.

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Re:Always wear a condom by Anonymous Coward · 2017-01-20 04:59 · Score: 2, Informative

The Pixel seems to. When you connect via USB you get a notification, if you tap it you get a popup "Use USB to", defaulted to "Charge this device". You have to select one of the other options if you want to do anything else, every time you connect. I have a feeling it was the same with my Nexus 5.