The USB Mini-B is a five-pin connector that came out at the same time as the USB 2.0 standard in 2000. The new standard was an improvement over earlier versions and supported data transfer speeds ...

USB devices: USB-A, USB-B, and USB-C. There are three types of USB connectors: USB-A, USB-B, and USB-C. USB-A. Many recognise USB-A as a commonly used type of USB connector. It has a rectangular shape ...

Standard-B USB 3.0: This design is very similar to the Standard-B, however, it's designed to handle USB 3.0 speed. Most of the time, both ends of the cable are blue.

Ultimately, though, the USB-IF has no control over this, and you'll see plenty of vendors not list USB speeds, and some use specification names, like USB4 Version 2.0. The USB-IF's recommended ...

Over two decades after its introduction, the USB 2.0 specification still plays a critical role in everyday computing and mobile devices. When the USB Implementers Forum released the Hi-Speed mode ...

In our photo of the most common connections, we mistakenly used a USB 3.0 Type-B cable, instead of a USB 2.0 Type-B cable as planned. We’ve updated the caption to refer to the 3.0 connector, and ...

A consortium of companies worked together to develop the USB specification, releasing version 1.0 in 1996 and updating it to 1.1 in 1998. (For a more detailed description of USB 1.x, see Reference ...

This story has been updated. When Don Stovicek set out to buy a fast USB 3.0 flash drive, he discovered that the advertised speeds fell well below even USB 2.0’s official capabilities. The now ...

USB 4 is just around the corner and ready to leave USB 3.2 in the dust with double the speeds. Now, VESA has announced that it will fully support the incredible speeds available on the DisplayPort ...

But the really bad news here is that the USB-C port on the iPhone 15 is still limited to USB 2.0, meaning it tops out at 480 Mbps transfer speeds. That's ridiculous for an $800 smartphone in the ...