swat671

How will that affect the public beta testers?

I thought people got mad at Apple because they WANTED to start doing it, and the backlash was so bad, they backed off. Now people are mad about that? Seeseh, people, figure it out!

I usually use Venmo to pay my roommate for our utilities. Does this mean I’ll be able to tap my iPhone to her iPhone and just “zap”? 

2morrow said:

Since Apple has sold their own USB-C cables, are they all thunderbolt 3 or do they have sold different standards as well?

USB-C, USB 3/4, and Thunderbolt are all separate. Apple sells USB-C charging cables for the different MacBooks and iPads that use USB-C. They also sell TB 3 and TB 4 cables for data transfer. I believe the USB C charging cables transfer data at USB 2 speeds (so, what, 480 MBPS). 

I’ll be interested to see what Apple does, because I’m under the impression you need actual hardware from Intel to make Thunderbolt work. I still have an Intel MacBook Pro, so it’s a non issue for me. I’ve read that the new Apple Silicon Macs have an Intel chip for TB 4 in them. Will Intel (or the USB Implementers Forum or whoever’s in charge) license the tech so companies like Apple can implement it in their custom hardware? Like, any company can license the USB tech and build their own hardware, cables, etc. Will the same thing happen with TB5?