USB-C iPhone, anyone? EU finalizes charging standard rule
After an initial agreement in June, the European Parliament today voted overwhelmingly to approve a USB-C charging standard that will force electronics manufacturers to ditch other ports, proprietary or otherwise.to make USB-C the port of record for all phones, tablets, and cameras sold in the European Economic Community from the end of 2024. Laptops will be required to use USB-C beginning in 2026.
Alex Agius Saliba, EU MP for Malta and the rapporteur for the new rule, described it as future-proof because it includes the allowance for setting future charging standards, and that it would benefit everyone from consumers to the environment."We have waited more than 10 years for these rules, but we can finally leave the current plethora of chargers in the past," Saliba said.
Along with the aforementioned electronics, Saliba said that a number of different device types had been added to the regulation over the past Parliament session."We continued to lobby … to extend the scope of this proposal to more products. This was one of the biggest achievements if you look at the initial proposal from the European Commission," Saliba said.
Per the EU Parliament's announcement,"headphones and headsets, handheld videogame consoles and portable speakers, e-readers, keyboards, mice, portable navigation systems, earbuds," and any other device charged with a cable and drawing up to 100 watts will fall under the rule's scope.
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