It's official: USB-C will become mandatory. Apple says goodbye to Lightning

The long-term saga of Apple’s forced transition to USB-C has ended. European Union authorities

officially adopted the necessary amendments to theirDirectives, and now from 2024 all electronics that can be charged will have to include a USB-C port if their manufacturer wants to trade in the EU. Later, a power standard will be approved, which will allow owners of smartphones, tablets, headphones and other electronics to be charged from accessories of any other analogue at the proper speed.

In fact, the law is not addressed in any wayApple's goal is to reduce electronic waste and make users' lives easier. However, it just so happens that it is Apple that will experience the requirement for itself, since the company from Cupertino still uses its own Lightning standard. In discussions about the adoption of this law, the Americans insisted that such a decision would be an obstacle to innovation, but officials were not impressed by this argument. Analysts expect Apple to switch to USB-C in iPhones a year earlier, in 2023, but it could be a very extreme option – the corporation will abandon the charging connector altogether (however, the likelihood of such a development is extremely low). What do you think about a unified charger standard?

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