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- The European Council has given final approval to its common charger initiative.
- The standard will require electronic devices to adopt USB-C by the fall of 2024.
- The measure aims to save consumers money and reduce electronic waste.
It’s something that everybody has been expecting for some time now, but it looks like European Union is finally ready to move forward with making USB-C the standard of the land.
Early this morning, the Council of the European Union announced on its Twitter account that it has given the final approval for the common charger directive. A directive that would make having a USB-C charging port mandatory on a range of devices like phones, headphones, tablets, game consoles, keyboards, and more.