The European Union has announced when the directive will come into force, which will force manufacturers to use a single charging port for all devices.
As planned for a few weeks, the European Union after publication of new guide indicating the obligation to use a unique charger in electronic devicesconfirmation of the date From there, manufacturers must adopt USB Type C as a charging port in their products.
It will be from December 28, 2024 when all devices, including teléfonos inteligentes, tabletas, cameras, headphones, consoles, speakers, peripherals or y también-readers must use USB Type-C charging technology.
Although that’s not all. The regulations also define the use of the USB Power Delivery Technology for fear that Charging power is more than 15Wwith the aim of standardizing charging systems.
The days of the iPhone’s Lightning port are numbered
All companies that want to market their products within the countries of the European Union must comply with the measures from December 28, 2024. From this point forward, they must all have USB C as a charging port in their devices.
Directive (EU) 2022/2380 concerned the # Charger for mobile published in the #Official Journal
It will come into force on December 27th, 2022https://t.co/BeZS5J2tYc
#ThisIsTheEU #Sustainability #IMCO #Domestic market pic.twitter.com/3IuTarhkVs— EUR-Lex (@EURLex) December 8, 2022
Since the regulations were just rumours, manzana one of the great protagonists of it soup platebecause it is the only company that continues to promote the use of its special port, ie lightning, on iPhones. The company itself recently confirmed that it has to comply with the regulations.
However, there is also speculation about the possibility that Apple will never be able to install USB C on iPhoneand instead you escoge to jump to a iPhone without ports, which comes with wireless charging only. These rumors collide with the latest Leaked iPhone 15that mentioned All iPhone 15 will have USB Type-Calthough different technologies are used.
On the other hand, the measure will also have an effect from 2026 laptops.
The same fast charging system for everyone
In addition to standardizing the type of port, the European Union also wants to use this regulation to eliminate the heterogeneity in the market with regard to port types charging systems.
Hence the protocol USB power supply or USB PD, supported by the USB Promoters Group, which will need to use In these devices it is possible to support a charging power of 15W or more.
Already today, the vast majority of teléfonos inteligentes available on the market support higher charging powers, and a good number of them already support the USB PD protocol, despite using their own charging technologies. In addition, manufacturers must Add the text “USB PD Fast Charging”. or afín in the accessory itself, intended for charging the devices.