Plugable Technologies

Plugable Technologies Plugable Technologies is a US-based electronics company that has been trusted by IT professionals and prosumers for over a decade. Email [email protected]

Need help with your Plugable device? Plugable offers a wide range of universal products that are tested to fit any desk environment with guaranteed compatibility. "How you connect up a keyboard, a mouse, an extra display, a wired network adapter. Those have all become problems that require something to connect those things. So at Plugable, we connect this with that.”
-Bernie Thompson, Plugable Founder, and CTO

It's no accident Plugable has grown to be one of the top five brands globally for docking stations; we've been in the game for a while. Our Washington-based design team combines the latest technology with years of customer feedback to create products that don’t just meet a user's minimum requirements but instead becomes an extension of their productivity. "Every company has a statement about customer service, but the execution doesn't match. Plugable really does, through word and deed, everything we can to help our customers."
-Gary Zeller, Plugable Product Director

Have you ever tried to get support from a tech company only to walk away feeling like the person on the other end was just reading from a script? We don't do it that way. Suppose you had a question about your new Plugable docking station. When you contact our support team, you're actually connecting with the engineers that designed your docking station. They're personally invested in making sure you love it because they made it. It's not a typical customer service model, but we try not to be a typical technology company. "Plugable is an American brand, with a great depth of understanding around the complex technology required to achieve simple compatibility. The company mission is to deliver better products enabled by better information and better support."
- Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy, CEO

USB-C ports carry data as well as power, which is easy to forget when you just need a charge at the airport.ZDNET pulled...
10/30/2026

USB-C ports carry data as well as power, which is easy to forget when you just need a charge at the airport.

ZDNET pulled together the five cords and cables its readers bought most this year, and our USB-C Data Blocker Cable is on the list! It charges at up to 240W, but it has no data lines, so a public charging point can't talk to your device.

ZDNET's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes puts it fairly: if you only charge at home, at the office or in the car, you don't need one. If you're often plugging into kiosks, trains or airport outlets, it's cheap peace of mind.

Thanks to ZDNET for including us. Here's the full list -->

These are the most purchased cords and cables by ZDNET readers in 2026 (so far).

Guess who's been working the room in Hershey, PA? 🍫Watts spent this week at the D&H Vendor Partner Summit and THREAD Con...
10/29/2026

Guess who's been working the room in Hershey, PA? 🍫

Watts spent this week at the D&H Vendor Partner Summit and THREAD Conference, and he turned out to be quite the crowd-puller. Resellers kept stopping by to say hi, and then stuck around to check out our latest docking stations and multiport hubs.

Big thanks to the D&H team for having us, and to everyone who swung by our table. Missed us? Send us a message and we'll give you the tour.

“Analyze this data.”That’s the prompt most of us start with. It’s also why the output so often comes back generic.From L...
10/29/2026

“Analyze this data.”

That’s the prompt most of us start with. It’s also why the output so often comes back generic.

From Lynn’s white paper: the difference between weak and useful AI output is often not the tool; it is the clarity of the context.

Compare it with this: “Look for patterns in customer support tickets that may indicate product confusion, onboarding friction, or recurring compatibility issues. Prioritize themes that could reduce future support volume.”

Same tool, but now it knows the purpose, the source and what a good answer looks like.

All four rewrites are in the graphic. It’s worth keeping handy for the next time you open a chat window.

The rest of the paper:
https://vist.ly/5qhqg

Three monitors. A pile of peripherals. One USB-C cable.How-To Geek put our UD-MSTH3 through a pretty thorough real-world...
10/27/2026

Three monitors. A pile of peripherals. One USB-C cable.

How-To Geek put our UD-MSTH3 through a pretty thorough real-world test, including three displays, phones, a keyboard, mouse, USB storage, and Ethernet.

Their takeaway: “You would be hard-pressed to do better at this price point.”

Worth a read if you’ve been looking at ways to build out a multi-monitor desk without jumping straight to a Thunderbolt dock.

This dock has a port for every occasion.

Is the SD card reader on your dock doing anything besides collecting lint?That’s one of the questions in the finale of T...
10/26/2026

Is the SD card reader on your dock doing anything besides collecting lint?

That’s one of the questions in the finale of The Great Dock Debates, live Tuesday, October 27 on r/UsbCHardware. Myke from our team is closing out the series with the ports people either use every day or never touch:

→ Card readers: is UHS-I fast enough, do you need UHS-II, or should docks support CFexpress?
→ Audio: one combo headset jack, or separate headphone and mic jacks? (Myke says that one’s an easy call for him.)
→ Host connectors: is standard USB-C enough, or do you want a screw-locking connector so one bumped cable can’t take your screens down?

Thanks to everyone who’s weighed in over the last three weeks. Your replies shape what we design next.

Find the thread on r/UsbCHardware.

10/26/2026

Halloween came early at Plugable: Watts, our little green teammate, has his own trick-or-treat game.

He's dressed as a ghost (one sheet, two eye holes, full commitment), and the city's lights have gone out. You knock on doors, collect 15 Plugable-style treats, plug in power cores and relight four landmarks, from the Drawbridge to the Lighthouse.

It runs in your browser on a laptop or phone, with Easy, Medium and Hard modes. A good one for a lunch break this month.

Play it here: https://vist.ly/5pzhd

Got a Surface Laptop Ultra on your desk, or on the way? Here’s what works with it.Our Redmond lab tested Microsoft’s new...
10/25/2026

Got a Surface Laptop Ultra on your desk, or on the way? Here’s what works with it.

Our Redmond lab tested Microsoft’s new NVIDIA RTX Spark laptop with Plugable docks, hubs, adapters and chargers, and every product in our results passed.

The UD-7400PD ran five displays: three at 4K and two at 1080P. Yes, five monitors on one laptop! The TBT4-UDZ ran four, with the built-in display turned off. And if you’re using the 65W UD-MSTH2, keep your Surface power adapter connected for heavier work.

One honest note: we’re still investigating high refresh rates, so we recommend 60Hz for now. We’ll keep adding to the list as we test more.

See the full results: https://vist.ly/5pwab

Thanks to AppleInsider for covering our two new USB-C hubs today. The short version: the USBC-6IN1 and USBC-8IN1E bring ...
10/24/2026

Thanks to AppleInsider for covering our two new USB-C hubs today. The short version: the USBC-6IN1 and USBC-8IN1E bring 4K 144Hz HDMI to smaller hubs. Until now, that meant stepping up to our USBC-10IN1E.

They also spell out what to check before you buy. On a Mac, 144Hz needs an M1 or M2 Pro or Max, or an M3 or newer, plus macOS 26 or later. Base M1 and M2 MacBooks top out at 4K 60Hz. On Windows, look for DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC.

Full article:

Plugable has introduced two USB-C hubs starting at $39.99 that bring 4K 144Hz HDMI output to compatible Macs, offering high-refresh-rate monitor support without a larger docking station.

10/23/2026

A PC on one desk, a Mac on the next, and a different dock for each.

That’s where mixed-fleet headaches start. One universal Plugable dock works with both.

Four displays sounds great. Four 4K displays at 60Hz sounds even better.We compared the Plugable TBT4-UDZ and Anker 778,...
10/23/2026

Four displays sounds great. Four 4K displays at 60Hz sounds even better.

We compared the Plugable TBT4-UDZ and Anker 778, including what their differences mean for real-world multi-monitor setups.

See the full head-to-head -->

Compare the Plugable TBT4-UDZ and Anker 778 Thunderbolt 4 docks — display support, host compatibility, charging, ports, and which is the better fit.

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