Hello viewers Nick here from TV Box stop, and today I feature a USB Type
C hub from the developers of HOYOKI. This model is called the CB – C92,
and it’s a 9 in 1 with HDMI 4K and Ethernet. Type C hubs such as this one has become popular
not only as a hub to connect various USB devices, but they have also gained lots
of popularity with the advent of desktop mode in modern mobile phones and tablets.
In this review which is a short review, we’ll look at its design,
its functionality, and I’ll also use it in desktop mode to test its compatibility,
to demonstrate how having this device can convert your mobile phone into a desktop computer,
or you can use is as an Android streaming device to simulate a TV Box.
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So in the box all you have is the Type C hub and a user manual.
The hub is made of metal, and to one side you have three USB 3.0
ports, a Type C port that can be used for data transfer, and it has an LED power light.
To the other side you have one Type C port that’s for providing power to devices only,
you have one full size SD card port, one micro SD, and an HDMI port.
To one end you have an Ethernet gigabit LAN port,
and the opposite end has the Type C connecting cable.
The reason it’s called 9 in 1 is due to the fact that it can perform 9 functions at the same time,
not necessarily nine storage devices, in fact it can only facilitate six storage devices.
You can connect 1 display device, it has a port to connect to the Internet via Ethernet LAN cable,
and one of the Type C ports serves as a charging port. So that’s 9 functions in total.
As mentioned earlier this hub not only serves to extend your USB ports, but it also has a special
feature when connected to a mobile device that has a desktop mode via its Type C port.
Keep in mind not all mobile phones or tablets that has a Type C port has a desktop mode or
can even use this hub, it must be a feature that built into the device.
Some Type C ports on mobile devices are just simply charging ports that
can only read storage devices connected directly to it without a Type C hub.
If your laptop or desktop PC has a Type C port, you can connect this hub and it will
work with your USB devices. On the laptop depending on the type of port, you may get
to extend its display to a second monitor. On a desktop PC this may not be possible.
The magic really happens when you connect this hub to a
mobile phone or tablet that has a desktop mode. To my knowledge there are two major desktop modes
on the market. The most popular one is Samsung Dex used in most recent Samsung smartphones
and tablets. And the other popular desktop mode is EMUI mostly used in Chinese brands.
For this demonstration I’ll connect it to a Samsung smart phone that has Samsung Dex.
So as you can see the display shown on the monitor is different to that on the mobile phone.
This is because desktop modes such as Samsung Dex and EMUI are separate applications built into the
device that only activates when it detects a Type C device that has a display feature.
Desktop mode presents Android in a desktop-like fenvironment,
where It’s your same Android operating system, just in a desktop format where you can use a mouse
and keyboard like you would on a regular PC. This allows you to browse the web and to use
office applications like you would on a PC or laptop.
More than that, seeing that you are running Android it also means that
you can watch your favorite premium streaming services in HD quality,
or an alternative streaming services on a big screen. You can also play your
favorite Android games just as you would on an Android TV Box such as the Nvidia shield.
In summary there is one difference about this Type C hub from the others and that is most of
the others do not include a Type C port that you can connect storage devices to. Most of them only
provide one Type C port and that is for charging. So I just thought it was worth mentioning that.
So viewers there you have it. This was my short review of the HOYOKI nine and one Type C hub.
If you are interested in this Type C hub you can get it at a very low price on
the HOYOKI Amazon store using the link in the description below is video.
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