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Electronics: Federal Council clears the way for standardized charging cables

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Federal Council clears the way for standardized charging cables

A charging cable with a USB-C plug. photo

© Jens Büttner/dpa

Almost everyone has a drawer at home full of old power supplies and charging cables. There should no longer be such accumulations of electronic waste in the future.

Standardized Charging cables for all cell phones, tablets and game consoles will also be mandatory in Germany at the end of the year. The Federal Council has approved changes to the Radio Equipment Act, thereby clearing the way for this standardization. Germany is thus implementing an EU directive.

USB-C will become the standard for charging smartphones, digital cameras, headphones, e-readers or navigation devices at the end of the year. From 2026 this will also apply to laptops. This technical standardization is intended to relieve people’s financial burden and at the same time avoid unnecessary electronic waste. Devices can now also be sold without a new power supply.

Manufacturers of Android smartphones such as Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Motorola and OnePlus have been using the USB-C standard for the sockets on mobile phones and the associated power supplies for some time. Apple, on the other hand, insisted on continuing to use the self-developed Lightning standard for its iPhone for several years. With the iPhone 15, the US company already switched to USB-C and thus anticipated the EU directive.