The European Union’s (EU) recently-passed legislation stipulating that all devices sold in Europe must feature a USB-C port will come into effect in late 2024.<\/p>\n
According to Softpedia News<\/a><\/strong>, the new legislation has now been set in stone, having been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.<\/p>\n Apple will likely be hardest hit by the new regulations, with its existing smartphones, and many accessories and peripherals featuring a Lightning connector. The manufacturer’s future devices will have to feature a USB-C port.<\/p>\n The new regulations aim to create a universal connector, making it easier for people in Europe to charge their devices and avoid having to get different chargers for their devices.<\/p>\n “Under the new rules, consumers will no longer need a different charger every time they purchase a new device, as they will be able to use one single charger for a whole range of small and medium-sized portable electronic devices,” Softpedia News quoted the EU as saying.<\/p>\n The regulations don’t only apply to smartphones. The EU states that the port must feature on other devices, including tablets, digital cameras, handheld videogame consoles, keyboards, and mice.<\/p>\n Manufacturers of these devices must comply with the regulations by the end of 2024, while laptop manufacturers must follow the same rules by early 2025.<\/p>\n Reports suggest the iPhone could switch to USB-C as soon as 2023. However, whether the shift will apply to a specific model or all devices included in the iPhone 15 lineup is unclear.<\/p>\n European Union regulations stating that all devices sold on the continent must have a USB-C port will come into effect by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":463811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[605,36670,1125,80148,52197,51317],"class_list":["post-473639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-apple","tag-european-union-eu","tag-iphone","tag-iphone-15","tag-lightning-port","tag-usb-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473653,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473639\/revisions\/473653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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