That's useful for data-heavy tasks like editing video that's stored on an external hard drive or using a couple of 4K monitors. Today's devices usually have USB 3 speeds: 5Gbps, 10Gbps and the newest, 20Gbps. What kind of speed boost will we get out of USB 4? There are lots of details, nuances and even confusion about what exactly USB is and isn't. 'In the end, life will get much easier for everybody.'
'We get the one connector that works with everything, offers high-end performance and works not just on high-end systems,' the premium niche that Thunderbolt never escaped, said Technalysis Research analyst Bob O'Donnell. It has other improvements, too, because USB is swallowing up technology from Thunderbolt, a competing premium format that Intel decided to share freely. USB 4 offers data transfer at up to 40 gigabits per second, double USB 3.2 speeds.
