AirPods and other Apple accessories could also get USB-C instead of Lightning in the near future, says TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. It was revealed last week that the iPhone 2023 will likely get a USB-C port.

However, it appears that Apple has stopped using the proprietary Lightning port for some time. Kuo does not mention a moment When the accessories in the new versions will have a USB-C port, but talk about the “near future”.

In addition to AirPods, this includes the Magic Trackpad, Magic Keyboard, and the MagSafe Battery accessory for iPhones. All of those products in the current iteration have Lightning ports to charge them.

Kuo said last week that Apple wants to release iPhones with USB-C ports by 2023. Also Bloomberg Editor Mark Gorman says so† Kuo and Gurman are known to be Apple’s most meticulous followers. Many of the rumors they spread later turned out to be true.

The Lightning port has been around for about ten years and has replaced the 30-pin connector previously used by Apple on iPods and iPhones, among others. The proprietary standard has, among other things, lower maximum data transfer speeds than the newer USB-C. The The European Commission makes it mandatory From USB-C to smartphones and other electronics, what Lightning only banned Means.