Whenit comes to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard, there are two things to think about: Physical connector shape and the underlying protocol (speed.) USB Type-A connectors date back to the the original release of USB 1.0 in 1996, although USB only really became common with USB 1.1 in 1998. However, while Type-A connectors Tocomplement our related story on how to buy a USB-C cable (go.pcworld. comh2uc/), we tested the $8.62 Amazon Basics cable as well as the $18.99 upgrade to find out what you get and what you give up. We applied the same rules for the two Amazon Basics cables in charging speed, data transfer speed, and connecting to a display. Atthe same time, users could leverage the USB-C ports in the iPhone 15 series to charge the AirPods and Apple Watch. Lightning cables are limited to USB 2.0 speeds, which is 480 Mbps, while USBType-C isn't the same thing as USB 3.2 or USB 4, though. USB Type-C is just a connector shape, and the underlying technology could just be USB 2, USB 3, or USB 4. In fact, Nokia's N1 Android tablet uses a USB Type-C connector, but underneath it's all USB 2.0 --- not even USB 3.0. USB-C cables that are rated for the best data rates Fora OTG gadget to be a device, it has to be plugged with "micro-B" plug, and the other end (standard Type-A plug) goes into PC host port. In "micro-B" plug, the ID pin is floating, connected nowhere. The OTG system detects this and configures itself as a device, MTV/PTP, or mass storage. Then it will see VBUS=5V and will attempt to connect to Inaddition to different kinds of USB type-C ports, there are different types of USB type-C cables, including USB 3.1 type-C to type-C cable assemblies with 15 wires inside as well as USB 2.0 type AUSB-C cable can transfer data at a maximum speed of 20 Gbps, while Thunderbolt 3 can do it at a rate of 40 Gbps. USB-C provides 2.5 watts of power by default, and Thunderbolt 3 provides 15 watts Apples specifications for your Mac does show support for USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gb/s). This is also known as USB 3.2 Gen 2x1. An example of a USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 drive would be the Samsung T7 Portable SSD. This drive is backward compatible all the way to USB 1.1 and comes with USB type C and A cables. 7eEeeQe.