Anker is turning a boring accessory into a small desktop gadget. Its upcoming Nano USB-C Hub (10-in-1, 240Hz, Display) packs 10 ports, a built-in screen that shows live device status, and a launch plan for Japan in fall 2026 at ¥16,990, or roughly $110 USD.
The Anker Nano USB-C Hub is aimed at people who want more than a basic dongle. Instead of just dangling ports from your laptop, the hub adds a tiny display for real-time usage data, with a companion app for deeper details. That is either genuinely useful or gloriously excessive, depending on how much you enjoy watching numbers update on a postage-stamp screen.
Anker Nano USB-C Hub ports and power
The hub connects through a single USB-C cable and splits that into a fairly serious desktop setup. On the front are a USB-C data port rated at up to 10Gbps, plus full-size SD and microSD card slots. Around back, Anker fits a USB-C charging port with up to 100W power delivery, one USB-A port at 10Gbps, two USB-A ports at 5Gbps, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, and Gigabit Ethernet.
- 1 USB-C data port, up to 10Gbps
- 1 USB-C charging port, up to 100W power delivery
- 1 USB-A port at 10Gbps
- 2 USB-A ports at 5Gbps
- HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4
- Gigabit Ethernet, SD, and microSD
Both video outputs can handle 4K at 144Hz, which puts this squarely in the camp of serious single-cable docks rather than the flimsy dongles people buy once and regret forever. The broader market has been drifting that way for a while: more hubs now try to replace a desk full of adapters, and the better ones increasingly lean on high-refresh display support rather than just raw port count.
The 240Hz screen is the oddest part
What makes this hub stand out is the integrated 240Hz display, a tiny panel that shows live usage information. The refresh rate sounds absurd for a screen that mostly displays numbers, but that is exactly the kind of nonsense that makes gadget people grin.
Physically, the unit is not pretending to be travel-friendly. It measures about 130 x 56 x 50mm and weighs around 300g, so this is more of a desk companion than a bag-friendly add-on. The ”Nano” label is doing a lot of work here.
Anker will sell it in Dark Gray and Silver. If the company ever decides to ship this outside Japan, it may find that the real competition is not from other hubs, but from people who are perfectly happy not knowing their hub has a heart rate.