Cheap Switch 2 travel docks
You don’t need to buy Nintendo’s heavy dock to play Switch 2 on a TV — The Verge tested compact USB‑C travel docks from Genki and JSAUX that cost under $50 and pack foldable prongs for easy packing. Those small docks are useful if you lug your console between rooms or want a lighter kit for friends’ houses rather than the full Nintendo dock setup. (theverge.com)
A Switch 2 dock is really just three parts in one box: power, video-out, and a place to rest the console. Nintendo sells those parts as a full Dock Set with the dock, power adapter, USB-C cable, and Ultra High Speed High-Definition Multimedia Interface cable. (nintendo.com) The surprise is that you can now get those first two parts in something shaped like a wall charger. The Verge tested two compact USB-C travel docks that plug straight into an outlet and still put Switch 2 games on a television. (theverge.com) That was not a safe bet when Switch 2 launched on June 5, 2025. Accessory makers told The Verge that Nintendo changed how the new console sends video over USB-C, and early third-party docks often failed because the system was no longer acting like a standard USB-C device. (nintendolife.com) The two small docks The Verge says now work are Genki’s Covert Dock 3 and JSAUX’s OmniCentro Dock. Both support 4K at 60 hertz, high dynamic range video, and 65-watt charging, which is enough to replace a second room setup for many people. (theverge.com) JSAUX is the cheaper one at $45.99. Its OmniCentro page says it combines 4K High-Definition Multimedia Interface output, 65-watt USB-C charging, and one USB-A accessory port in a single charger-sized body. (jsaux.com) Genki’s newer Covert Dock 3 is pricier at $69.99, but Genki says it is a 65-watt gallium nitride charger with Switch 2 support in the same travel-dock idea. Gallium nitride is the newer charger material that lets companies shrink the brick without cutting power, like fitting a laptop charger into something closer to a phone charger. (genkithings.com) If you want the under-$50 option from Genki, the older Covert Dock 2 is listed at $38.49 and Genki says it is 90 percent smaller than the original Switch dock and charger combined. That model advertises 4K at 60 hertz output, foldable prongs, and one USB-A port, but Genki’s current Switch 2-specific model is the Covert Dock 3. (genkithings.com 1) (genkithings.com 2) Nintendo’s own extra Dock Set is aimed at a second television in your house, which tells you what the official product is for: a permanent station. The travel docks solve a different problem, which is carrying one small plug and one cable to a friend’s house instead of moving a full dock, power brick, and cable bundle. (nintendo.com) (theverge.com) The catch is that Switch 2 dock compatibility has been unusually fragile from the start. The Verge says “figuring out how to speak the Switch 2’s language” and surviving future system updates is still an ongoing challenge, so these tiny docks are best read as tested working options, not a promise that every USB-C hub will suddenly work. (theverge.com)
