Timeline of USB technology By LukasZelazo Dec 1, 1994 USB 0.8 Apr 1, 1995 USB 0.9 Aug 17, 1995 USB 0.99 Jan 1, 1996 USB 1.0 Low Speed (1.5 Mbit/s), Full Speed (12 Mbit/s) Aug 1, 1998 USB 1.1 Apr 1, 2000 USB 2.0 High Speed (480 Mbit/s) Nov 30, 2008 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (5 Gbit/s) Is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 Jul 31, 2013 USB 3.1 SuperSpeed+ (10 Gbit/s)