Connecting your tablet to your PC via an old-school USB cable will soon become obsolete

Mar 19, 2014 14:46 GMT  ·  By

When you want to transfer files between your tablet and computer, you currently have to use a physical USB cable to pair the devices. Soon this feat will be achieved wirelessly.

TabletsMagazine reports that a new USB standard has been developed, which allows wireless communication between a tablet and a PC to be achieved at high speeds (and not only).

The organization behind USB standardization has announced that it has found a way to replace transfers by virtue of chords. The new standard is dubbed Media Agnostic USB and can transfer files from one device to another and back again with ease.

This new standard will allow wireless devices and docking stations to communicate over the USB protocol without a physical USB chord acting like a bridge between them.

This is applicable for Wi-Fi (both 2.6GHz and 5GHz bands), WiGi (60 GHz) and WiMedia UWB radios (3.1 to 10.6GHz). Furthermore, there’s no limitation to USB 3.0 or USB 3.1, but USB 2.0 technology is also supported.

The idea is that as long as the device supports Wi-Fi, Media Agnostic USB should work as long as the operating system has been updated via a driver.

To be able to tell which device comes bundled with the new standard, users will have to keep an eye out for the “Powered by MA-USB” logo on a product. If spotted, it means that you can wirelessly connect your USB-equipped devices.