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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

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.

New technology creates possibility. Then comes the part few plan for.Adoption is scattered. Work is fragmented. Value is...
10/22/2026

New technology creates possibility. Then comes the part few plan for.

Adoption is scattered. Work is fragmented. Value is unclear.

Our CEO, Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy, wrote a white paper on what comes next. She has led three major ERP implementations, and she sees the same cycle playing out with AI.

Her answer is what she calls the antidote: a structured approach that turns disruption into capability. The goal is a new operating model, where AI is embedded in workflows, decisions, and the way the organization operates. Then the cycle repeats, and an organization that has done it once learns faster the next time.

Lynn’s full framework is here:
https://vist.ly/5phq8

Got an older monitor sitting around?It might still have a job to do.For under $40, the Plugable UGA-165 can add an extra...
10/21/2026

Got an older monitor sitting around?

It might still have a job to do.

For under $40, the Plugable UGA-165 can add an extra 1080p display and works with DVI, VGA, and HDMI displays.

Put that extra screen back to work --> https://vist.ly/5pdph

10/21/2026

A PC order on its own can leave a seller with 5% or less.

Add universal docks to the same deployment and the profit dollars can triple.

Here’s the math.

Big brick that powers every port at once, or a smaller one that shares power? Barrel plug or USB-C?Week 3 of The Great D...
10/19/2026

Big brick that powers every port at once, or a smaller one that shares power? Barrel plug or USB-C?

Week 3 of The Great Dock Debates is about power. Come argue it out on r/UsbCHardware, starting October 20.

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra goes on sale October 16, and it’s headed straight into the Plugable lab.It’s the first ...
10/15/2026

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra goes on sale October 16, and it’s headed straight into the Plugable lab.

It’s the first Surface built on NVIDIA RTX Spark, with an Arm CPU and a Blackwell RTX GPU sharing up to 128GB of memory. The detail that matters for your desk is the ports. They’re USB4, not Thunderbolt, and testing is the only way to know which features this laptop actually supports.

So we’re asking the questions you’d ask. Will one cable run more than one monitor? Will a 100W dock keep it charged during heavy AI work? Can it drive an external GPU like our TBT5-AI?

No compatibility claims yet. Here’s our full test plan, with results to follow:
https://vist.ly/5nifp

Got a setup you want us to try? Tell us in the comments.

USB-C has made docking easier in some ways and more confusing in others.Alt Mode. MST. DisplayLink. Thunderbolt. They ca...
10/13/2026

USB-C has made docking easier in some ways and more confusing in others.

Alt Mode. MST. DisplayLink. Thunderbolt. They can all connect external monitors, but they work in very different ways.

We break down what each one does and when it matters -->

Learn how Alt Mode, MST, DisplayLink, and Thunderbolt USB-C docking work, and compare Mac, Windows, and ChromeOS compatibility before choosing a dock.

Port Wars. USB-A or all USB-C? Dual HDMI or one of each? Is 2.5GbE worth paying for?Week 2 of The Great Dock Debates sta...
10/12/2026

Port Wars. USB-A or all USB-C? Dual HDMI or one of each? Is 2.5GbE worth paying for?

Week 2 of The Great Dock Debates starts October 13 on r/UsbCHardware. Pick a side, and MC will read every reply.

Always nice to see Plugable out in the wild.XDA recently featured one of our USB-C docks as part of a MacBook workstatio...
10/09/2026

Always nice to see Plugable out in the wild.

XDA recently featured one of our USB-C docks as part of a MacBook workstation setup.

See why it caught their attention -->

I turned my laptop into a desktop workstation and all it took was this one accessory

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