USB C Video Output and Dock Compatibility
USB C Video Output:
- To support video output via USB C, the host device must support Power Delivery and DisplayPort Alt Mode or USB-C 3.1 (generation 1 or 2)
- To support 4K@60Hz, your laptop must support DisplayPort 1.4.
USB Hubs and Display Link for devices that do NOT support video output via USB C
- Consider a USB Hub that connects via USB-A - You can have 4k video and use up to three monitors via USB-A
- USB C docks with Display Link technology can display video even if your device doesn't support video output via USB C
- Display Link technology will only support two outputs at 2k.
- Display Link hubs typically only support HDMI and DVI
Display Link does NOT support Display Port or 4k.
macOS and iPadOS only support Single-Stream Transport (SST) mode, which means all connected monitors will show the same content.