Enlarge / iPads with USB-C ports. (credit: Andrew Cunningham )
The European Commission has announced its intent to enact legislation that would mandate all consumer electronic devices sold in the European market have a USB-C port for charging.
Should the new rules be enacted, they would make it illegal to sell consumer electronic devices that lack that port. The particular law would apply to smartphones, video game consoles, portable speakers, cameras, and some types of headphones—but it would not apply to products that only use wireless charging.
It also would not prevent devices from having additional ports for charging, as long as they also have a USB-C getting port.
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