The Vergecast USB-C Holiday Spec-tacular - The Verge
Illustration by Samar Haddad for The Verge Happy holidays! Here is The Vergecast ’s gift to you: over 90 minutes of audio content dedicated to USB-C. Every holiday season , we think about what consumer technology standard has impacted our gadgets throughout the year — and without a doubt, 2023’s favorite standard has to be USB-C. We saw the iPhone 15 finally switch over to the Type C port, a glimpse of 240W USB-C PD chargers , dongles that can relieve mosquito bites , and whole bunch of high-powered GaN chargers . Though the adoption has been slow since its introduction in 2013, we’re almost at a point where we only need one cable to charge all our gadgets (2024 resolution?). So that’s what this year’s Vergecast Holiday Spec-tacular is all about. The Verge’s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz start the final show of 2023 with some chat about the state of USB-C: the ups and downs of charging gadgets, the ubiquity of one cable, and what the future looks lik...