Nintendo Patent Teases A Universal Dock For Both Switch And Switch 2
When Nintendo released the highly anticipated Switch 2 last year, it brought along a whole host of upgrades, including improvements to the dock that allows the system to be connected to a television. The new dock includes a LAN port and an active fan that cools off the handheld when in docked mode, which the original Switch could sorely use. A newly discovered patent indicates that a dock that supports both systems might be in the works.
The keen-eyed folks at Nintendo Patents Watch spotted a new patent that the company filed in China, which they shared on Bluesky. The patent details the design of a universal dock that would be compatible with both the original Switch and the current generation Switch 2. This dock would intelligently manage features depending on which of the consoles happens to be slotted in.
If the dock detects the original Switch it would...
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