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Software support
Overview
Specifications
Ease of use
Key facts & relationships
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- Designed
- 11 August 2014 (published)
- Designer
- USB Implementers Forum
- Pins
- 24
- Produced
- 12 August 2014–present
- Superseded
- All earlier USB connectors (Type‑A, ‑B, and ‑AB, and their different sizes: Standard, Mini, and Micro) DisplayPort Mini DisplayPort Lightning
- Type
- Digital audio/video/data/power – connector
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Overview
- Connector Electrical connector
- Protocol Communication protocol
- USB 2.0 Micro USB hardware
- Mini DisplayPort
- Lightning Lightning (connector)
- USB
- Thunderbolt Thunderbolt (interface)
- PCIe
- DisplayPort
- HDMI
- Extensible Extensibility
- Intel
- HP Inc.
- Texas Instruments
- Apple Inc
- Microsoft
- International Electrotechnical Commission
- Thunderbolt 3
- DisplayPort 2.0
- USB Power Delivery
- Audio adapter accessory mode USB-C
- USB 3.2
- USB 3.1
- USB 10Gbps
- USB 20Gbps
- USB4
- 3.5 mm audio jacks 3.5 mm jack
- Bit rates Bit rate
- Backwards compatibility Backward compatibility
- Forward compatibility
Ease of use
Specifications
USB‑C receptacle pin usage in different modes
- Pull-down resistors Pull-down resistor
- Pulled up Pull-up resistor
- TRRS rings Phone connector (audio)
Software support
- Android Android (operating system)
- Version 6.0 Android Marshmallow
- ChromeOS
- Chromebook Pixel
- FreeBSD
- Extensible Host Controller Interface
- IOS
- 12 IOS 12
- IPad Pro (3rd generation)
- 17 IOS 17
- IPadOS
- IPad Air (4th generation)
- IPad Mini (6th generation)
- IPad (10th generation)
- NetBSD
- Linux
- OpenBSD
- MacOS
- OS X Yosemite
- MacBook 12-inch MacBook
- MacBook Air
- MacBook Pro
- Mac mini
- IMac
- IMac Pro
- Mac Studio
- Mac Pro
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 10
- Windows 10 Mobile
Hardware support
- USB hubs USB hub
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USB-C
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Important terminology
usb mode type cables power cable device devices connector alternate displayport used support pins also data specification connectors two plug
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USB-C | Designed | 11 August 2014 (published) | 1.00 | infobox |
| USB-C | Designer | USB Implementers Forum | 1.00 | infobox |
| USB-C | Pins | 24 | 1.00 | infobox |
| USB-C | Produced | 12 August 2014–present | 1.00 | infobox |
| USB-C | Superseded | All earlier USB connectors (Type‑A, ‑B, and ‑AB, and their different sizes: Standard, Mini, and Micro) DisplayPort Mini DisplayPort Lightning | 1.00 | infobox |
| USB-C | Type | Digital audio/video/data/power – connector | 1.00 | infobox |
| a portable computer acting as a host to connect to peripherals but being powered by the dock | instance of | This allows for charge-through hub or docking station applications | 0.80 | text |
| or a computer being powered by a display | instance of | This allows for charge-through hub or docking station applications | 0.80 | text |
| through a single USB | instance of | This allows for charge-through hub or docking station applications | 0.80 | text |
| chargers | instance of | and may even damage power sources | 0.80 | text |
| hubs | instance of | and may even damage power sources | 0.80 | text |
| or PC USB ports.A defective USB | instance of | and may even damage power sources | 0.80 | text |
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