government will form expert group for common charger solution Emphasizing on the government’s move to have a common charging standard, IT hardware manufacturers said laptops vary in power and come with multiple charging standards. Sajan Chauhan Updated: 18 August 2022 13:11 IST Share on Facebook Tweet Share Snapchat Reddit Email Your opinion Whether mobile or laptop will be charged with a single charger, the government will form an expert group for common charger solutionPhoto Credit: Pixabay/ Tomekwalecki special things The government wants to introduce a common charging standard in mobile phones. The government will constitute three expert groups to study the matter. The groups will examine laptops-tablets, smartphones-feature phones and smartwatches. The government has made it clear that it wants to introduce a common charging standard in mobile phones. However, no time frame has been set in this as it requires consultation with the industry as well.
Three expert groups are expected to be formed to study the matter. On Wednesday, the government held preliminary talks with companies to find out how such standards can be used in other devices including mobiles, laptops, tablets, smart speakers, wireless earbuds and smart watches.
IT hardware makers such as Dell and HP protested the decision at a meeting between Consumer Affairs Ministry officials, electronics manufacturers and industry stakeholders, while smartphone companies said they already had USB as a common standard except for feature phones. -C type charging port is used.
Ministry officials said that they will form three expert groups to understand how common standards can be put in place. The expert group will study three broad segments of laptops and tablets, smartphones and feature phones, and wearables and smartwatches.
The meeting was attended by executives from smartphone brands like Samsung and Apple, hardware makers HP, Dell and Lenovo and industry organizations like FICCI, CII and ICEA as well as representatives from IIT-Delhi and IIT-BHU.
Emphasizing on the government’s move to have a common charging standard, IT hardware manufacturers said laptops vary in power and come with multiple charging standards.
Whereas some laptops support USB-C type charging. Most budget and high-end laptops only support barrel-pin chargers. COMMENTS Download the Gadgets 360 Android app and follow us on Google News for the latest tech news, smartphone reviews and exclusive offers on popular mobile phones.
