The debate on ports and connections seems to be coming to an end in Europe. The European Comission you want all devices to have a single port, specifically the USB C. This proposal will be approved and will enter into force at the end of 2022. The EU declarations speak in an official tone and as an assured future, not as a possibility. The good news is that it will not only affect Android smartphones or iPhones. Also to rest of devices electronics!
USB C for everyone: Android phones, iPhone, headphones, ebooks…
This obligation of European Union now it has changed slightly: it will no longer only affect smartphones and small appliances. The following list of gadgets and all mobiles should include a USB-C port for charging in 2023. And yes, the iPhone are included there.
- Smartphones Android
- Smartphones de Apple
- Headphones
- Keyboards
- Mice or Mouse
- Smart Watches
- electronic toys
- E-books
- Low Power Laptops
All these electronics devices shall include a USB C to harmonize the use of technology and their load. oblige the android phones It is not great news, since 95% of those currently sold already have this port.
What is great news is that all headphones and other gadgets technology must include it. In this way you ensure that with a single charger you can charge or power everything. out of the smartphones yes it is common to find you gadgets economics that continue to use the puerto microUSB.
It will enter into force in 2022 and will have a 6-month truce
The EU wants this proposal to enter into force at the end of 2022. In the past, up to 2 years of truce was offered for the transition. Now this truce will be only 6 months. This means that companies and brands should adapt before mid 2023.
Virtually no Android phone brand will have a problem making the transition. Yes, the brands that still use microUSB in the gadgets or small appliances.
What will happen to the Lightning port of the iPhone?
Of course, the hardest hit part of this story is Apple. The company, in everything related to the iPhone, uses the Lightning port to charge and power: iPhoneAirPods, iPad, Magsafe Battery, Magsafe chargers, Apple TV Remote or even the first generation Apple Pencil.
This is an important transition that the company should make. And we make it clear that “should” because it is not clear if Apple will try to get rid of this obligation with some legal loophole. This obligation of Europe would affect all the countries of the world, since Apple, if it made the change to USB C, would not only carry it out in the europe devices.
This is a very good thing for the vast majority of users, as they will make sure that all the devices and accessories they buy include a USB C. Not such good news for Applethat we will see how it deals with the EU.