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USB-C charging ports become standard across EU Saturday (timesofmalta.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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All mobile phones, tablets, earphones and a wide range of other portable consumer electronics will need to be sold with USB-C charging ports from Saturday, the EU has announced.

First introduced around a decade ago, USB-C charging ports are reversible and capable of accelerated data transfer and charging speeds, the latter known as 'fast charging’.

In a statement on Friday, the European Parliament said that as of the following day, all such devices sold in the EU must have a USB-C charging port, with laptops set to follow suit in late April 2026.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Can anyone tell me if this applies to cameras? I'm not in the EU but there's still lots of cameras being sold with micro usb charging and very few with usb-c.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

As regards digital cameras, the radio equipment concerned is any digital photo and video camera, including action cameras. Digital cameras designed exclusively for the audiovisual sector or the security and surveillance sector should not be required to integrate the harmonised charging solution.

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what constitutes exclusive audiovisual sector digital cameras I am not sure. It's probably defined elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

https://www.theverge.com/24330106/usb-c-common-charger-directive-explained-europe

This article is a bit more comprehensive, it says that every device that needs up to 100 Watt must be using USB-C, so cameras are explicitly included.

Portable gaming devices with a higher power intake seem to be excluded.