Kingston refreshes ‘Canvas’ card series and ‘MobileLite Plus’ readers

Kingston Technology announces the refresh of its Canvas series of Flash cards to Canvas Plus, alongside new MobileLite Plus UHS-II readers to keep up with the series. Canvas Plus – the new SD and microSD lineup including Kingston’s first UHS-II cards – is the next generation of cards with increased performance for DSLRs, 4K/8K video production, Android^™ devices, action cams and drones.

Canvas Plus has three different variations for both SD and microSD cards: Select Plus, Go! Plus, and React Plus. Canvas Select Plus began shipping in Q4 2019 and will be joined byCanvas Go! Plus and Canvas React Plus. They support not only the latest advanced cameras that are capable of 4K and 8K video capture, React Plus and MobileLite Plus are also backwards compatible with UHS-I and conventional SD bus standards. MobileLite Plus readers will be available on their own or as a bundle with React Plus cards to ensure optimized speeds.

The Canvas Plus card series include:

Canvas Select^™ Plus:

• Designed for recreational/amateur Full HD and 4K DSLR cameras (SD), and Android mobile devices (microSD).
• Class 10 UHS-I speeds up to 100MB/s read.
• MicroSD supports A1 app performance class to expedite workflow on tablets and smartphones.
• SD and microSD in capacities up to 512GB.

Canvas Go!^™ Plus:

• Ideal for shooting 4K UHD video and burst mode photography on your DSLR (SD), or using with your 4K action cameras and drones (microSD).
• Class 10 UHS-I U3 speeds up to 170MB/s read, 90MB/s write.
• MicroSD supports A2 app performance class to expedite workflow on next-gen tablets and smartphones.
• SD and microSD in capacities up to 512GB.

Canvas React^™ Plus:

• Top-of-the-line UHS-II performance to capture professional grade 4K/8K videos and high-resolution photos on industry-standard cameras.
• Class 10 UHS-II U3 speeds up to 300MB/s read, 260MB/s write (SD) and 285MB/s read, 165MB/s write (microSD).
• The first UHS-II microSD to support A1 app performance class to expedite workflow on tablets and smartphones.
• SD and microSD in capacities up to 256GB.

MobileLite Plus Readers:

• Built to increase the workflow efficiency with incredible UHS-II speeds for faster file transfers and processing time.
• USB 3.2 Gen 1 speeds with backwards compatibility support for UHS-I cards.
• Designed for optimal performance with Kingston microSD and SD cards.

“Our goal is to deliver the best possible experience so consumers can share the content that’s important to them.”

“Canvas cards lead the way with UHS-II and A2 app support and are durable, feature great storage capacity and are higher in speed to capture all of life’s memories without the worry of space limitations or long transfer times.”

Kingston