All devices will have to use USB-C chargers, the EU says

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L’European Union she managed to find a square without too much effort, decreeing that all future smartphones will have to be marketed with the predisposition to charger with USB-C cable. This is currently the most widespread connection socket, however the evolution will have a significant impact on Apple, a company that has embraced the customized Lighting format.

The USB-C charger imposed as the only possible format

Back in the days of old-fashioned mobile phones, politics had agreed with companies on the adoption of micro-USB cables as a format to be used universally, so it is not surprising that the European Union pushed to impose USB-C chargers in this round. , nor that lately the thing is proceeding without too much resistance.

Dal 2024, all electronic devices of “small and medium size”, from headphones to tablets, will have to adapt to the newly found format, while devices with wireless charging will be exempted from the revolution. Or at least, it should be.

For now, an agreement has simply been reached between the European Parliament’s Commission on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, however this will still have to receive the approval of the Parliament and the Commission, a process that should be completed at the end of the year. It is also believed that this last step is to be considered a purely formal act and no prior observer of mishaps or objections of any kind.
The norm is given so much for certain that even Apple, the Big Tech that has the most to lose in the transition, is according to Bloomberg developing iPhones equipped with a USB-C charger precisely with a view to solving this possible problem upstream. According to estimates, the smartphones in question should already be marketable from 2023.