Confused between microSD and TF cards? Here’s what you need to know

However, they offer the same functionality as standard SD cards. This means, you can hook up a TF card with an SD card adapter and use it with your old camera.

What’s the difference between a microSD card and a TF card?

To standardise TF cards, the Secure Digital Association renamed TF cards as microSD, which stands for micro Secure Digital cards.

In simple terms, both TF cards and microSD cards are the same.

So, if you have electronic devices that support TF cards, you can use microSD cards in it too. Similarly, if you have old devices, like an old digital camera, that support only SD cards, all you need is a microSD card to SD adapter. You can insert either of the two smaller memory cards in the adapter and use it with your old device.

In the last few years, microSD cards have improved drastically, with some cards offering the same transfer speeds as internal storage on some budget smartphones.