USB-C Has Finally Come Into Its Own

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USB-C Has Finally Come Into Its Own

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But more important than any of those flagship products on its own is the fact that together they embraced something their predecessors did not: USB-C.
You know USB-C.
WIRED and others first anointed USB-C as “the port of the future” in 2015, when Apple’s apple-macbook/”>entry-level, 12-inch MacBook introduced it to the masses.
Now, though, USB-C has claimed its rightful place.
“USB-C has become the industry standard for about every personal computing and connectivity device,” says Patrick Moorhead, founder of Moor Insights & Strategy.
That “about” includes some notable exceptions—the iPhone, mostly—but otherwise, including USB-C has finally become the default.
The reason for USB-C’s ascent is simple: It’s just better.
It can charge both ways, letting you use a laptop to power your smartphone, for instance.
It can also charge fast, pumping 18 watts to your device to get you from empty to 80 percent full in only an hour.
Just because USB-C can do all these things doesn’t mean that it always does.
While the body that governs USB protocol, the USB Implementers Forum, sets a Power Delivery standard, manufacturers have come up with their own unique implementations as well.
To know exactly what you’re getting, you’re best off sticking with the USB-C cable that comes in the box.
It’s an issue that the USB-IF readily acknowledges.
“There were definite growing pains and differences on OEM implementations during the initial USB-C industry ramp,” the group said in a statement to WIRED, “but we expect that as the adoption of USB Type-C products and USB Power Delivery continues to increase the market will guide [manufacturers] toward a common implementation.” Which feels like another way of saying that eventually enough people will complain loudly enough that the problem will fix itself.
USB-IF can’t force every manufacturer to get on the same page, but they could have made the text more legible from the start.
In its statement, USB-IF pointed to the USB Audio Device Class 3

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