Then they’re not standards compliant and they can’t claim to have usb-c on their phones. I wonder how that will work out for them?

USB-C is the physical form. Does it actually dictate USB3?

No. Type C is just a shape. Pixels have had 2.0 transfer speeds too. This really isn’t anything out of the ordinary. It doesn’t NEED more than that honestly. We’re not transferring massive music libraries to our mobile devices any more.

This is absolutely wrong. The spec mandates that USB-C ports provides at least USB 3.1 support. Also USB-C is mandated for USB 3.1.

So to be compliant every USB-C port must support USB 3.1 at least. And you cannot support USB 3.1 with anything other than a USB-C port.

Wtf are you talking about? The spec has a section specifically for wiring a USB 2.0 cable. Apple is one of the companies who wrote the USB spec and I’d find it pretty hard to believe they’d go against their own spec.

All I can tell you is that the Pixel 7 has USB 3.2 spec.

Someone else in the thread said that the Pixel 2 (2017) also abides by USB 3.1 spec. I looked it up, apparently they weren’t lying.

Though the Google site does say:

Pixel phones use USB-C with USB 2.0 power adapters and cables.

support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7106961?hl=e…

Not sure if it still only accepts USB-C 2.0 cables as it’s maximum?