The USB 3.0 most people are familiar with is technically called USB 3.2 Gen 1 and comes in the regular Type-A connector, but also has variants for Type-B, Type-C, and Micro USB ports.

USB naming conventions have always been confusing, but perhaps none more so than USB 3.2 Gen 1 and Gen 2. Here's what you need to know about the two standards.

We’ve quickly progressed from USB 3.0 through 3.2, with each one sporting various sub-revisions as well. However, there’s a lot of confusion here as some aspects of USB 3.1 were renamed to USB ...

As the dust settled on the USB 3 revisions, the USB-IF made everything needlessly more complicated, though, with USB 3.0 being renamed USB 3.2 Gen 1 (or SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps), USB 3.1 being ...

When it's all said and done, it seems you'll be able to find USB-C ports that are USB4 Version 2.0, USB4 Version 1.0, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, USB 3.2 Gen 1, or USB 2.0, plus some will opt ...

USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, more than likely powers a number of your home gadgets, smartphones and headphones. But as USB standards have evolved over time, this has often lead to some ...

Measuring just 3.1 x 0.97 x 0.33 inches and weighing 2 ounces, the drive supports USB-A, USB-C, and Thunderbolt 3 & 4 connections and the internal NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, powered by the Phison ...

According to leaker Majin Bu, who has previously shared details about Apple's new cables, the USB-C cables supplied in iPhone 15 boxes are indeed limited to USB 2.0 data transfer speeds at a rate ...

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 ...

Back in 2015, the original iPad Pro's Lightning connector supported USB 3.0, which was capable of up to 5 Gbps speeds based on the spec at the time, but Apple has evidently chosen not to move in ...

USB 3.0, which now includes USB 3.1 and 3.2, has been the industry standard since 2013. At this point, USB 2.0 thumb drives are very slow (often a tenth of the speed of USB 3.0 or 3.1 drives), ...