Microsoft's 'world's first' magnetic USB-C charger, and a comment section asking about MagSafe
The Verge gave the Surface Laptop Ultra's new port two Shorts of its own, and both left the channel's usual first day far behind.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 110,702 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (8,268).
Microsoft announces world's first magnetic USB-C charger
Magnets did the work. The Verge posted two Shorts about a single small detail on Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra, a charging port Microsoft calls Magnetic Connect. Both ran well ahead of a usual Short on this channel. The first, "Microsoft announces world's first magnetic USB-C charger", had passed 65,000 views ten hours after it went up.
The two descriptions explain how it works. The cable snaps into what looks like an ordinary USB-C port on the laptop's right side, and magnets hold it there instead of the usual latches. The port is tapered, so the magnetic end only stays put on devices that carry Microsoft's magnet pattern. The cable is reversible, though, and its plain USB-C end works with anything else. The second Short, "The first true magnetic USB-C port?", adds that Microsoft says it is patenting the idea, and it bills the magnets as strong enough that the cable practically plugs itself in.
The comments came in many times faster than on a usual first day, and they keep returning to one word: MagSafe. Apple's magnetic MacBook charger is the comparison nearly everyone reaches for. Several viewers ask whether Microsoft's version keeps MagSafe's main trick, letting go cleanly when someone trips over the cord. Others note that magnetic USB-C adapters have been sold online for years, which is why the "world's first" in the title draws a few raised eyebrows. One viewer asks how it improves on Surface Connect, the magnetic charger Microsoft put on earlier Surface models. A couple of others could not resist a Copilot joke.
The port also made the day's Vergecast headlines Short, alongside mixed reviews for The Social Reckoning and leaked Apple and LG smart home devices. That roundup stayed far behind the two Shorts that were about the port alone.
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What viewers say
It sounds like magsafe, but main benefit of magsafe is to avoid tripping in charger cable, but this doesn't seem to have that safety. Correct me if I'm wrong
@let-me-try-itSee it on YouTubeWhen is the copilot magnetic USB integration coming...?
@joshreji7510See it on YouTubeThe reason magsafe is so great on the mac, is because you can snap it on and off without the worry of breaking the connector or the port.
There is still a piece that has to slide into the port that can break either.@dontbestupid6664See it on YouTube
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Everyone is very whelmed.
@ItsFinch.See it on YouTube$100 says this won’t go anywhere and next version of this device will discontinue it
@taiterrencewilliam3565See it on YouTubeInvented? 🤔
@enos128See it on YouTubedo the magnets open the clicking pins of the usb-c so it doesn't be all loose when using regular cables?
@ColdsteakSee it on YouTubeHow is this better than the surface connector port?
@Alex_564See it on YouTube
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- Channel
- The Verge
- Subscribers
- 3,520,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,724,590
- Channel views, pace per day
- 299,094 (on a normal day: 242,939)
- Video published
- October 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 65,659 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 110,702
The numbers
Two Shorts on the same laptop port, and both are running far past what this channel's Shorts usually manage on day one.
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