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.

  • calm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    336·
    6 days ago
    1. Fuck Apple and their “standards”
    2. Fuck apple shills
    3. Fuck American mentality about “government shouldn’t set standards”

    That’s all.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      6 days ago
      1. Fuck ever releasing a new standard to supercede usb-c because now that it’s enshrined in law you’d have to overcome a mountain of beurocracy to do so
    • hddsx@lemmy.ca
      44·
      6 days ago

      You know what I love about Apple?

      It’s really easy to give exact instructions on how to do things to the less tech savvy because they have so few variations in their product line.

      That’s it.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        81·
        6 days ago

        Well, at least until they have a new iOS release and move everything in the settings around again.

        • hddsx@lemmy.ca
          1·
          6 days ago

          Well, they change things more on major releases. Unlike Microsoft……