Apple Might Have Invented The USB Type C

Apple recently announced the new 12-inch MacBook sporting the new USB standard USB Type C and according to reports, the standard might have been invented by Apple itself.

John Gruber, an Apple columnist recently in his newest episode of podcast The Talk Show, mentioned that Apple may have invented the new standard. "I have heard, can't say who, but let's call them "informed little birdies", that USB-C is an Apple invention and that they gave it to the standard bodies. And that the politics of such is that they can't really say that. They're not going to come out in public and say it, but they did. It is an Apple invention and they do want it to become a standard," Gruber said.

Gruber goes on to add that there are some contexts in which Apple wants users to have a standard port, but that there are other contexts in which they want users to have proprietary ports.

It's still unknown that the company will adopt the same standard in its other devices. Recently, Google announced a new Chromebook pixel with a USB Type-C connector and rumors are that Android phones will soon extend support to this new standard.