Something to look forrad to: Samsung has revealed a new generation of microSD and SD cards for everyday users and professionals that offer more durability than their predecessors. The 2022 lineup of Pro Plus and Evo Plus cards now take two additional layers of protection compared to previous-gen offerings, making them some of the toughest around.

Samsung'south Evo Plus (64GB) is the top choice for the best value microSD bill of fare in our buying guide, where we praise its 100 MB/s reads and threescore MB/southward writes and the fact information technology ships with an SD menu adapter. That generation offers 4-proof protection: able to withstand up to 72 hours in seawater, farthermost temperatures, airport Ten-ray machines, and magnetic fields equivalent to an MRI scanner. With the 2022 lineup, Samsung says both microSD and SD carte du jour families can also withstand clothing out and drops, bringing the full layers of protection to 6.

The Pro Plus microSD lineup is designed for professional users like content creators. Equally such, they offer read and write speeds of upwardly to 160MB/s and 120MB/due south, respectively, and will be available in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB capacities.

The new Evo Plus, meanwhile, is aimed at more than casual users. They feature transfer speeds of up to 130MB/s, a ane.3x speed increment over earlier models. The cards will exist available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB capacities.

It'south not just the cards' internals that have been updated. Samsung has replaced the previous cherry and white colors with a reimagined Blueish Wave design. Every bit with the previous generation, an SD adaptor will exist included with each microSD carte.

Samsung's new Pro Plus and Evo Plus MicroSD cards arrive next calendar month. Prices start at $18.99.

There volition as well exist SD versions of the Pro Plus and Evo Plus cards that come with similar read and write speeds as the microSD variants. They feature V30 video speed class rating for 4K UHD content capture and are available in 32GB to 256GB (Evo Plus) and 32GB to 512GB (Pro Plus) sizes. The SD cards start at $8.99.