First announced back in March earlier this year, USB4 (previously stylized as USB 4) has today gone official and comes as a major update to the USB 3.2 standard. The new USB4 architecture is based on the Thunderbolt protocol that Intel contributed to USB Promoter Group.
Well, you already know this one and can see it in the thumbnail above as well. Gone are the days of USB-A connectors which were a pain to connect sometimes. So, USB4 is not introducing a new port but instead, it’s carrying forward the same USB Type-C reversible port. This certainly makes things easier for everyone. There is currently no word on when the first USB4-backed device is coming, but we can expect to see the architecture being adopted by tech giants soon enough.
