USB Type-C cable plugs to be reversible

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the connector’s plug is to be reversible.

It means users of the Universal Serial Bus cables will no longer have to worry which way round the part is facing when plugging it into a device.

The specification is due to be completed by mid-2014, and the first product on the market by 2016.

Spend only a few days using Apple’s Lightning connector, and you’ll realise how small things like it being reversible just makes life that tiny little bit less frustrating. About time USB did this.

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