This will allow HDMI-enabled source devices to utilize a USB Type-C connector to directly connect to HDMI-enabled displays, and deliver native HDMI signals over a simple cable without the need for cumbersome protocol and connector adapters or dongles. HDMI Licensing, LLC today announced that it is releasing the HDMI Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) developed by the HDMI Founders for the USB Type-C™ Specification. Previously, USB-C to HDMI required a dedicated adapter between cables. Manufacturers will have to produce the cables, of course, but the new HDMI Alt Mode makes it possible.

The group behind the HDMI standard today shared that it’s now possible to connect HDMI and USB-C directly.

While the MacBook is a lightweight machine (both physically and in terms of workload), MacBook Pro uses will expect wider functionality without adapters if USB-C replaces ports available on current hardware.Īdd HDMI to the list of ports USB-C can now easily replace.

USB-C first debuted in Macs last year with the 12-inch Retina MacBook, and this fall even more Macs are expected to adopt the new standard port.