Western Digital updates its My Passport line with fast NVMe SSDs

Western Digital has unveiled a new series of products to add to its popular My Passport line of external hard drives. In fact, the new WD My Passport SSDs offer a large storage capacity in portable format and an extremely fast data transfer speed guaranteed by the switch to NVMe SSDs.

According to Western Digital, the new My Passport almost double the speeds of previous editions, reaching up to 1,050MB / s reading and 1,000MB / s writing, while the maximum capacity reaches up to 2TB. Users can also easily protect their data using the 256-bit password-protected encryption protocol.

My Passport case was definitely designed specifically for users on the go, which is ideal for a drive portable. The chassis is resistant to vibration and shock, according to Western Digital, and the company claims the SSD can survive drops of up to 1.98m. The My Passport drive supports the USB 3.2 protocol and is supplied with a USB-C cable and a USB-A adapter. For best results, of course, it is advisable to use a USB 3.0 port whenever possible.

Western Digital sells My Passport with a 5-year limited warranty in various colors and is already available at major retailers such as Amazon in sizes from 500GB, 1TB and 2TB.