PetaPixel SD Express Finally Has a Use, But It Dumped Its Biggest ‘Advantage’


Image of two red microSD Express cards with logos. The left card is by Samsung and features white text and a 256 label. The right card is by SanDisk, also with a 256 label. Both cards have a microSD XC I EX label. Text below reads microSD Express Cards.

SD Express, a format that has been completely ignored by the camera industry, finally has a use case. In today's Nintendo Direct, the company said the new Switch 2 would make use of microSD Express for the faster transfer speeds. Unfortunately, it dumps the biggest "advantage" originally touted by the SD Association: backward compatibility.

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