Having said that, there's enough examples in the wild to tell us what an orange USB port could mean. The most basic meaning is that the particular port is USB 3.0 and is capable of charging devices.

The USB 3.0 most people are familiar with is technically called USB 3.2 Gen 1 and comes in the regular Type-A connector, but also has variants for Type-B, Type-C, and Micro USB ports.

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Thankfully, there’s no functional difference between these standards. This means that if you buy a device that advertises USB 3.2 Gen 1 compatibility, it’ll work just fine with a USB 3.0 port.

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It does splits the port to 1x Ethernet, HDMI, 1 USB-C and 2 USB 3.0 ports. It requires PD-input for passthrough charging. You can put everything except the card reader on it.

It would be nice if you could plug a USB 3.2 device into a USB 3.2 port using a USB 3.2 cable and trust that it all works. Unfortunately, it's way more complicated than that.

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Meanwhile, a red USB port has been associated with both USB 3.1 Gen 2 and USB 3.2 standards, the latter capable of transferring data as fast as 20 Gbps.