Now it will be easier than ever not to get confused with USB-C ports. They will be labeled with their transmission speed

USB-C ports are great on one hand, but terrible on the other. The reversible connector has finally made it possible for us to unify all those other ports that manufacturers used to charge their devices or to transfer data.

However, we have ended up with the same connector for different versions of the same cable, which makes knowing if we are using the right cable increasingly difficult.

To try to alleviate the situation, the USB Implementor Forum (USB-IF), the body that regulates and manages the standard, has had a simple, simple and quite obvious idea to be able to differentiate some USB-C ports from others. One that consists of labeling them marking its maximum transmission speed.

Source: USB-IF

Thus, instead of talking about a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port or more commercial names like “SuperSpeed ​​USB 10 Gbps”, now that port will be labeled with a single logo: 10 Gbps. The same for the rest of the variants with other speeds, which will be displayed with that speed logo both on laptops and on connection docks with this type of ports.

It is interesting news that tries to eradicate one of the big problems with these cables and ports: the names and logos that were originally created did not simplify things, but rather complicated them. Now all you have to do is look at that connection speed logo to understand that one port is more capable than another.

This effort joins that already made in the case of cables (the above applies to connectors, that is, to the connection ports on laptops and docks, we insist). In the case of cables, the logos proposed by USB-IF include both the maximum transmission speed and the maximum charging power supported by said cables.

Now we just have to wait until little by little these labeling formats become standardized and popular among manufacturers. If this is achieved, we will have before us a foreseeably much less confusing future and in which USB-C cables and connectors ultimately stop creating significant confusion.

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