Fast charging speeds to be standardised

All mobile phones, tablets, earphones and a wide range of other portable consumer electronics will need to be sold with USB-C charging ports from Saturday, the EU has announced.

First introduced around a decade ago, USB-C charging ports are reversible and capable of accelerated data transfer and charging speeds, the latter known as 'fast charging’.

In a statement on Friday, the European Parliament said that as of the following day, all such devices sold in the EU must have a USB-C charging port, with laptops set to follow suit in late April 2026.

  • frank@sopuli.xyz
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    6 days ago

    Not to mention, the lightning plug was decent when it came out but stats wise it’s WAY shittier than USB-C now. It’s slow in charging speed and crazy slow in data transfer, and it’s predatory in that only apple can make/use them.

    480 Mb/s vs 40 Gb/s, wild