After I’m trying to find a brand new charging machine — both to purchase myself or to advocate to Polygon readers for his or her Steam Decks, Swap, cellphone, or pill — cuteness isn’t an element. However Ugreen’s new Uno Nexode 65 W moveable charger provides some welcome expressiveness to the until-now boring enterprise of recharging your devices. As soon as it’s plugged right into a wall outlet, its small display screen shows an emoji that adjustments relying on charging progress. It’s $32.49 now for Amazon Prime subscribers ($49.99 for everybody else) and is available in a variety of three coloration schemes.
Do you want one other display screen in your life? Completely not. However the explanation why I’m offered on this explicit charger (along with the display screen) is as a result of its 65 W charging velocity is greater than sufficient to cost the Steam Deck on the identical price as Valve’s personal charger — to not point out the Swap, which requires much less energy. Not solely that, with a complete of two USB-C ports and one USB-A port, it may well divvy up its energy to as much as three units directly (45 W goes to at least one machine, whereas 7.5 W go to every of the remaining two). In the event you solely plug cables into the USB-C ports, leaving the USB-A port empty, it’ll cost at 45 W and 20 W — greater than sufficient to rapidly cost each a console and a cellphone.
Whilst you’re chewing on whether or not to snag this gizmo at a reduction, think about pairing it with the Anker 2-in-1 USB-C cable that Polygon coated a pair weeks in the past. It’s a 4-foot, braided cable that splits into two USB-C heads, letting you cost — you guessed it — two units by one energy supply. It was $21.99 with a Prime membership the final time I wrote about it, but it surely’s now $19.99.
