# It's time for USB...version 4.2!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/its-time-for-usb-version-4-2/653319
**Category:** random
**Created:** [September 2, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/its-time-for-usb-version-4-2/653319 "2022-09-02T01:12:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/its-time-for-usb-version-4-2/653319/1 "2022-09-02T01:12:51Z")
Just when we were getting comfortable with USB-C, the next iteration is just around the horizon!
> **[Next-gen USB promises to be twice as fast, using cables you may already own](https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/1/23332838/usb-4-version-2-80-gbps-thunderbolt)**
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> Wicked fast.
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### Author:  [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/its-time-for-usb-version-4-2/653319/2 "2022-09-02T01:17:29Z")
That article’s about USB4 version 2 though… 🫠
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/its-time-for-usb-version-4-2/653319/3 "2022-09-02T01:41:54Z")
Hahaha! Renamed subject to clarify 😇
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### Author:  [@steve.mills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/steve.mills)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/its-time-for-usb-version-4-2/653319/4 "2022-09-02T03:33:39Z")
Cant keep up…. I was using the old iPad connectors (inch wide) then we went lightning then they went to USBC cause the EU standardised connectors… now we have this….
I still have serial connectors for PC… 😄
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### Author:  [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/its-time-for-usb-version-4-2/653319/5 "2022-09-02T08:44:23Z")
wireless for the win!