What's the difference between USB-C vs. USB 3.2 in terms of transfer speeds and power modes? Here's our guide to clear things ...

While USB Type-C and USB4 may look interchangeable on a store's page, they're not. Type-C refers to the connector pin used, ...

But phones with USB-C charging don't automatically support USB 3.1's nifty features (wahhh!). Right now, phones are mostly adopting the plug type, but not the other perks.

Those ports could just be more USB-C ports for charging and data, or USB-A for legacy gear or HDMI and DisplayPort for ...

In fact, device manufacturers are so confident in the new USB-C standard that Intel announced last year that Thunderbolt 3, once thought to be a USB replacement, will use the same port type as USB-C.

USB Type C is supposed to be a universal standard, but it’s just universally confusing. A USB Type C port can run at either 5Gbps or 10Gbps and still be labeled USB 3.1 by the laptop maker.

USB-IF announced it will roll out a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks. Written by Campbell Kwan, Contributor ...

The USB Promoter Group says the Type-C connector is rated to the same 10,000 cycles as Micro-USB, though I'm sure the more-complex design and smaller pins might cause some issues.

The USB type C connection isn’t physically backwards compatible, though: you can’t use a cable with USB type C connectors on both ends with an older USB 2 or 3.0 port.

USB Type-C can go as fast as any USB standard and it will launch with compliancy for ‘USB 3.1’. This generational jump doubles the performance of USB 3.0 from 5Gbps to 10Gbps (equivalent to ...

The new USB 3.1 Type-C connectors are supposed to be durable for 10,000 cycles, and USB-IF says it has improved electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio-frequency interference (RFI) mitigation ...

Finally, the USB Type-C connector has been designed to scale with the USB spec as it gets faster, so as we move beyond USB 3.1 it should be possible to make future cables physically compatible ...