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The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) gave the tech world its first taste of USB-C in 2014, with the new connector pitched as a smaller, more universal, and easier to use (thanks to being reversible) successor to the full-size USB Type-A port that had been the standard up until then. Fast forward a decade or so, and USB-C is now essentially ubiquitous.
It’s all but displaced previous compact USB ports such as USB Mini B and continues to be the physical connector of choice even as charging speeds and data transfer
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