The company officially acknowledged for the first time at a Wall Street Journal event on Tuesday that it will switch over to a universal charging standard for all of its products.
Apple said it will switch its phones to theusb-c
Speaking at the Journal's Tech Live event, Apple's worldwide marketing chief said that the company would have to comply with the EU ruling.
Over a billion people already have devices that use Apple's Lighting chargers and the company wasn't overly excited by the fact that it was being forced to do so.
If Apple had agreed to the EU's original demand of using the older MicroUSB charging cable, the proprietary Lightning cable and the USB-C cable would not exist.
The company is open to governments telling them what they want to accomplish but Apple's engineers should be left to come up with a solution to accomplish that.
The Apple marketing chief said that the problem of separate chargers for separate devices had largely been solved by the use of charging bricks which have separate cables.
Lawmakers from EU member states gave the final approval to the bloc's new common charging standard. All phones, tablets, headphones, cameras, gaming consoles, wireless mouse and keyboards will need to have a charging port by the end of the year. The rule will apply to all laptops sold in the bloc by the spring of 2026. EU lawmakers say this will help cut down on e-waste and ensure people only have to carry a single charge for their devices. Apple has its own iPad tablets that are compatible with theUSB-C charging system. The new Macbooks come with a Magsafe charging port, but they also support charging via theusb-c.
Jowsiak did not give a time frame for the switch. The EU's law goes into effect in the late 20th century, but Mark Gurman has reported that the USB-C charging port for the next year's iPhone is a lock. All of Apple's tablets are compatible with theusb-c charging. Apple's AirPods will need a design refresh in order to support the newusb-c standard.
Gurman wrote in his newsletter earlier this month that Apple's switch to USB-C is only a stop-gap measure before the company fully embraces wireless charging on all its devices. The EU is working to harmonize interoperability requirements for wireless charging by the end of the year. The move is likely to be met with less resistance as almost all devices that support wireless charging, including Apple's iPhones, are compatible with the standard.
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