Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility
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Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility
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#2Woah, Lttlabs on hacker news front page!
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#3Didn't know LTT's labs was already running.
I'll be curious to see how their testing and data compares to gamersnexus testing and what their first catching a manufacturer's lies event will be.
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#4They put up a video the other day with the summary of this testing, but it’s cool that the full table is now available.
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#5I own a Switch 1, and the other day I wanted to play on the train, but the battery was low. I figured "no problem, I can connect it to my laptop and let it charge off is battery".
Nope. The MacBook Pro started charging off the Switch instead.
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#6Interesting. I saw some of their video about this the other day. The video gives the impression that Nintendo is intentionally not supporting external monitors that aren’t the official switch dock.
But the conclusion on this article seems to lean more towards that it could be a mistake or bug. I guess that might be the case - didn’t they screw up USB-C on the switch 1? I know it’s an incredibly complex standard.
I guess the only way to know if it’s intentional or a bug, is if Nintendo updates the switch to fix it. As Linus said in his video, the Nintendo USB isn’t very “universal”.
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#7Interesting. I saw some of their video about this the other day. The video gives the impression that Nintendo is intentionally not supporting external monitors that aren’t the official switch dock. But the conclusion on this article seems to lean more towards that it could be a mistake or bug. I guess that might be the case - didn’t they screw up USB-C on the switch 1? I know it’s an incredibly complex standard. I gu…
The ltt video didn’t suggest it was intentional, it was careful not to. But Nintendo were certainly aware of it before release.
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#8I own a Switch 1, and the other day I wanted to play on the train, but the battery was low. I figured "no problem, I can connect it to my laptop and let it charge off is battery". Nope. The MacBook Pro started charging off the Switch instead.
I've wondered how this works (and who wins).
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#9I own a Switch 1, and the other day I wanted to play on the train, but the battery was low. I figured "no problem, I can connect it to my laptop and let it charge off is battery". Nope. The MacBook Pro started charging off the Switch instead.
I've wondered how this works (and who wins).
For two DRP (dual role) devices connected to each other, I believe in a default case the one that happens to advertise as a source first just becomes one.
The standard allows for a role swap at any point while connected, and if that’s triggered will be dependent on the firmware/config on one or both ends.
There’s probably more nuance hiding in the real world hardware too.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility
#10I own a Switch 1, and the other day I wanted to play on the train, but the battery was low. I figured "no problem, I can connect it to my laptop and let it charge off is battery". Nope. The MacBook Pro started charging off the Switch instead.
I've wondered how this works (and who wins).
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