USB Type-C connectors, often referred to as USB-C, are small and thin, and have an asymmetrical, oval appearance. They differ from previous Universal Serial Bus (USB) types in more ways than just their appearance.

One major difference between the USB-C cable connector compared to USB Type-A and USB Type B is that it is fully reversible. This means there is no “right side up” way it has to be connected.

USB-C supports USB4, 3.2 and 3.1, but is also backwards compatible with both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. See the USB Physical Compatibility Chart for more information.

The 24-pin USB-C cable can transmit video, power (up to 100 watts) and data (up to 10 Gb/s). This means that you can use the cable not only to connect monitors, but also to charge high-power devices and to transfer data from one device to another, for example from a phone to a computer or from one phone to another.