Apple will extra extensively undertake USB-C throughout its product portfolio over the subsequent few years, in response to . Writing in his newest Power On publication, Gurman says he expects the corporate to transition all of its wi-fi earbuds, together with the , to the charging commonplace by 2024. Additionally, Apple might refresh equipment just like the Magic Mouse with USB-C – , one would hope – as early as subsequent 12 months.

The reported shift would put most of Apple’s merchandise in compliance with the European Union’s upcoming . Earlier this week, the European Parliament voted to make the port the widespread charging commonplace throughout the bloc. Once enacted, the laws will make it in order that any new telephones, tablets and headphones launched within the EU might want to characteristic USB-C for charging by the top of 2024. The mandate will lengthen to laptops within the spring of 2026.

In May, Gurman reported that Apple had begun forward of the EU adopting the proposed laws. At the time, he warned that if the corporate have been to proceed with the change, “it wouldn’t occur until 2023 at the earliest.” He now says the iPhone 15 line “is essentially a lock” to obtain USB-C subsequent fall.

However, Apple’s change to USB-C could also be short-lived. Gurman expects the corporate to transition the iPhone and iPad “entirely” to inductive charging “at some point in the next few years.” He notes the corporate might even see the expertise as a option to get across the EU’s laws because it doesn’t cowl wi-fi charging.

Of course, for those who’ve been following the Apple rumor mill for lengthy sufficient, you’ll know {that a} portless iPhone is one thing the corporate has reportedly been fascinated with ever because it eliminated the headphone jack from the . Since then, nevertheless, Qi charging has created just a few issues for Apple – together with, most notably, the high-profile in 2019.