Microsoft is preparing for the future by adding support for the USB 4 standard, capable of up to 80 Gb/s transfer speed. The corresponding update is optional, but you can launch it if you wish.
You are aware that at a time not so long ago, connecting a USB key to his PC and launching a transfer was not an operation that could be resolved in a few seconds. The speed was relatively slow, often requiring patience as soon as the files exceeded a certain size. Then the standards evolved. The arrival of theUSB2.0 was already a small revolution with its speed reaching 480 Mbps. A high figure at the time of its release, but pulverized by the standard USB 3.0 and his 5 Gbps theoretical.
Since then, our current PCs still display the mention USB 3.0 next to the blue connectors, but the replacement has been around for years. The USB 4 standard was made official in 2019. Here too, the change of number is accompanied by a big leap in transfer speed: 40 Gbps, just that. And that’s without counting on USB 4 2.0 which goes to 80 Gb/s without even having to change cable. You still need to have devices compatible with operating systems that support the standard.
Windows 11 moves to USB 4 80 Gb/s after update KB5034848
Microsoft is updating Windows 11 to integrate the USB 4 80 Gb/s support. To do this, you must install KB5034848. This is a cumulative update preview, so optional, which the firm offers the 4th week of each month. If you wish to do this, you must manually validate its installation from the Settings from the PC then Windows Update. It is also possible that it will launch on its own depending on how you have configured updates.
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In addition to USB 4 support, the KB5034848 also modifies the function Mobile connected with a view to the future possibility of using your Android smartphone as a webcam. Several bugs are also fixed. The only known issue listed concerns theunable to install update KB5034765but we have a solution for that.