Microsoft combines in a patent a USB Type C with magnetic capabilities that could arrive in the next Surface

The arrival of USB Type C connectivity has been a success due to the advantages it offers We are talking about reversibility, improving USB 3.0 , since the device can now be plugged in without having to watch the position of the plug. But the advantages do not end here, since with the Type C cable it is possible to charge with up to 100 watts, being able to charge, for example, a laptop and a smartphone at the same time. Same time. We can broadcast data, videos, music, or connect it to outputs such as HDMI or D-Sub and all this improving the transfer speed, which reaches up to 10 Gbits/sEven so, there are people who don't like it.

For now its deployment is being slower than expected and there are even firms that bet too timidly to make it a standard in their products. We can take Microsoft as an example, which did not willingly integrate it until the launch of the Surface Go. USB Type C was taking shape at Microsoft and it seems that from the company it already has an evolution in the development table

And no, it's not about changing the connection again, but about improving the possibilities that USB already offers Type C. A connection that we can use to connect all kinds of peripherals but also to power the battery of our devices.

They tell us from PatentlyMobile, where they have echoed information from the patent office referring to a new development that the American company is working on to give a new usability twist offered by the USB Type C connection

Microsoft is working on a patent that combines USB Type-C connectivity with a type of magnetic connector that would favor usability as a method to load our equipment that could reach the new models launched by Microsoft.

Right now these use their own magnetic connection system to charge and in the future they could be charged through an improved USB Type C connectorwith the grip provided by a magnetic closure system.

Microsoft's mirrored patent shows a magnetic USB Type-C system that could be used with a connector that to mate would make combined use of a mechanical and magnetic capacity systemIn a similar way to the models of other brands and their connections, this system would make that when the connector is brought closer, the magnetism would make it fit almost without effort to facilitate the connection.

Let's hope that this idea, which offers great convenience, does not assume what Apple has proposed in its MacBook Pro, where the charging port has disappeared to combine the electrical outlet and the USB ports, creating a huge limitation for users