To identify the specific USB ports and connectors on your devices, you can simply look at their shape and color, or check ...

Micro USB OTG: These were commonly used with older Android smartphones that came with Micro USB ports. This port could let ...

The U in USB stands for "universal", but the latest version of the port hasn't lived up to that promise. Progress is ...

Subject line says it all. I'm looking to connect an Xbox Series S/X controller to my PC via USB cable, and have a USB-A female/USB-C male adapter, but I'm trying to remember whether I would also have ...

Which USB-C cable can do what? It's often not that easy to find out. A clever cable tester helps to sort cables according to ...

Like all digital packrats, I’ve amassed a huge array of USB-C to USB-A cables over the years—but it wasn’t until recently that I realized how many of them were dangerous to my electronics and should ...

The modern world runs on USB, also known as Universal Serial Bus. Whether it's the old-school USB-A ports built into hotel lamps or high-powered Thunderbolt powering entire workstations, USB is still ...

USB has come a long way since the 12Mbps days of the ’90s. It has waved goodbye to USB-B and is inching away from USB-A in favor of the slim, reversible USB-C connector. Data transfer rates have ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As foreign as the idea has become over the years, there once was a time when computers' I/O panels were littered with many different standard ...