Plugable Rotating 4-Port USB-A 3.0 Hub, Silver

After enhancing your connectivity options with the Plugable Rotating 4-Port USB-A 3.0 Hub, Silver, you can effortlessly expand your device's capabilities. This compact and portable USB 3.0 travel hub, model USB3-HUB4R, is designed to connect up to four low-power USB 3.0 devices through a single USB 3.0 port, making it an ideal companion for laptops, tablets, and 2-in-1 devices. Its standout feature is the innovative 180-degree rotating USB connector, which allows for flexible placement and easy access, even when USB ports are located in hard-to-reach areas.

Perfect for low-power peripherals such as wired keyboards, mice, flash drives, and card readers, this bus-powered hub draws power directly from the host computer's USB port, eliminating the need for an external power supply or AC adapter. However, it is not recommended for high-power devices like bus-powered hard drives or CD/DVD drives. For optimal performance, it is advised to connect 2.4GHz wireless devices, such as wireless keyboard/mouse receivers, Bluetooth adapters, and Wi-Fi adapters, to a USB 2.0 port to avoid interference.

The Plugable Rotating USB Hub offers seamless compatibility with a wide range of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows XP through 11, macOS, and Linux kernels 3.0 and later. It features full forward and backward compatibility with USB 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1 hosts and devices, although newer USB standards will operate at USB 3.0's 5Gbps throughput. The hub is equipped with the VIA VL813 USB 3.0 hub chipset, updated to firmware version 9011, ensuring maximum compatibility with nearly all USB 3.0 hosts.

Please note that this hub is not recommended for use with older Texas Instruments, Fresco Logic, Etron, or Wistron USB 3.0 host controllers, and it is incompatible with the Apple SuperDrive. Additionally, older MacBook Pros with USB 3.0 PCI Express add-on cards may experience compatibility issues with this or any USB 3.0 hub. As a bus-powered device, the hub shares the power provided by the host computer's USB port among all connected devices, offering 900mA total on USB 3.0 systems and 500mA total on USB 2.0 systems. It functions solely as a USB hub and does not provide special charging capabilities for iPads, iPhones, tablets, or smartphones.