Euro-MPs vote to make all mobile devices use the same USB-C type charger from 2024.
European MPs have voted for a law requiring all new portable devices to use the same type of charging cable.
Smartphones and tablets, including the Apple iPhone and iPad, would have to use a USB-C charger from 2024, while laptop manufacturers would have until 2026 to make the change.Member states are expected to grant approval on 24 October, before the rule is signed into law at the parliament.by the European Union, in June 2022, the UK government told News BBC it was not "currently considering" introducing a common charging cable.
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