OWC USB-C Dual HDMI 4K Display Adapter with DisplayLink
for Apple silicon M1/M2/M3 Macs or other Macs or PCs with USB-C or Thunderbolt
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Highlights
- Solution: easily solves the one external display limitation of Apple silicon M1, M2, and M3 Macs
- Expansive: connect up to two 4K displays via a single Thunderbolt or USB-C port on any Mac or Windows PC computer, or add a second adapter for up to four displays1
- Flexible: choose either Extended or Mirror display modes
- Convenient: bus powered via integrated 13-inch USB-C cable for use anywhere
- Comprehensive: certified pass-through power delivery so you can fully power/charge your Apple silicon M1/M2/M3 MacBook Pro or M1/M2 MacBook Air and run dual displays all through a single port2
- Portable: about the size and weight of a compact smartphone
- Complete: one easy, affordable solution vs costly hassle of multiple adapters and cables
- HDMI Pass Through Support: Allows audio signals to pass through the adapter to the connected displays
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Overview
Hello Dual-Displays. Now on your M1, M2 & M3 Mac.
Oh and BTW… it works with USB-C and Thunderbolt Macs & PCs too 😉
When the first generation of Apple Silicon Macs were introduced, we immediately fell in love with the M1's ability to rival – and even go faster and run cooler than - higher-end, more expensive machines. The launch of the M2 and M3 with their performance and power efficiency improvements made us as giddy as any geek unboxing a new gadget. However, our excitement and praise about Apple's latest innovation once again waned considerably when we discovered the base M3 model (meaning not M3 Pro or M3 Max) shares the same single external display limitation as the previous M1 and M2.
Say hello to the OWC USB-C Dual HDMI 4K Adapter. It’s the DisplayLink powered solution for expanding your M1, M2, and M3 machine’s digital window for easier video editing, seeing more of your workflow simultaneously, or even creating eye-catching digital signage. For the ultimate in convenience, we gave this compact, bus-powered adapter a USB-C power pass-thru port so you can charge/power your laptop.2 Being the leading dock innovator for Macs, we know you love having ports freed up on your machine!
Wondrous Dual-Displays for All
Besides creating delightful dual-display nirvana with Apple M1, M2, and M3 Silicon Macs, you can easily use this nifty, pixel multiplying adapter with your USB-C or Thunderbolt equipped Mac or PC. Just connect the built-in USB-C cable to your machine, download the DisplayLink Manager application (Mac) or driver (Windows), and bam, dual 4K "Plug and Display" magnificence is yours to revel in.
Display-It-All + Power-It-Up
With its compact travel-friendly size and bus-powered convenience, you’ll always be ready to wow an audience or a team with your newfound multi-display capability. No longer will you have to choose between power and dual displays, or take up a second USB-C port to charge your laptop — this handy little adapter features a power pass-thru port. Simply plug in your laptop’s USB-C power adapter to keep the electrons flowing.2
USB-C
Thunderbolt 3
Thunderbolt 4 / USB4
M1 + M2 + M3 + Intel + Mac + PC
Universal compatibility means one great glorious thing — if your port matches the plug, you’re all set. You don’t have to fiddle around to see if you have the right interface, the correct port, or the correct cable.
Charging convenience is yours with the USB-C power pass-thru port. Simultaneously charge your Mac or PC laptop while driving dual displays.2
Connect up to two 4K displays via a single Thunderbolt or USB-C port on any Mac or Windows PC computer, or add a second adapter for up to four displays, and launch your display capability into the stratosphere.1
Planetary Exploration Encouraged
Take dual-display capability wherever you may roam, be it on the other side of the world, living the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) life with clients, or nestled into your creative workspace dreaming up your next. About the size and weight of a compact smartphone, the OWC USB-C Dual HDMI Adapter hides away in bags, pockets, and camera packs, and tucks neatly out-of-sight at your workstation. Wherever your adventures take you, plugging dual displays into your Mac or PC doesn’t get any easier.
Pro Maestros
For pros, it’s all about the workflows to gain that competitive advantage. When you become a pixel-pushing dual-display maestro, everything just gets more efficient. From working all-at-once in multiple programs like Photoshop, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve, Logic Pro, Sketch, and Affinity Photo, to viewing all your Internet “research” – Calvin and Hobbes micro-breaks are part of well-balanced workflow, right? – you’ll be project-hopping, app-swapping, and producing with greater ease than any single-display workflow can achieve.
And when it comes time to share all your awesomeness, what better way to collab with your team than having a vast digital window to showcase it all? You'll have room-a-plenty to riff ideas, travel multiple paths, and expand on your concepts with ease.
Influencers
Expand your followers with more digital space to edit, find, and respond to content, comments, mega fans, and if you must… trolls. Not the ones that live under bridges and in caves, the much-much worse online variety. 😀
Keep tabs on ever-important social media vitals to keep the posts, reposts, views, and likes flowing. All that extra display space expands a new world of content creation workflows so nothing will hold you back from enrapturing your audience with stunning videos, photos, and content. After all, when you’re living the social life, you deserve the display capability to match.
Next-Level Learning
You may be light on desk space, but you don’t need to be short on pixels. Go next-level on learning with expansive digital real estate to dive so deep into lessons that you’ll need to wear flippers. Take detailed notes which no ink and paper could keep up. Immerse yourself in the details and subtleties of videos and imagery only large displays provide. And make all the pirates jealous with your treasure trove of research docs.
4… 3… 2… 1…
Launch your digital display capability into the stratosphere. Analyze multiple data sets for intensive research projects. Create a lasting impact with digital display signage at an event, in your store, or restaurant. Or give a dull lobby a punch of pixels with a welcoming digital showcase of your company’s accomplishments. It’s easy to enhance your digital window to the world by utilizing a single OWC USB-C Dual HDMI Adapter for a dual display experience. Or connect an additional OWC USB-C Dual HDMI Adapters to your Mac or PC to really push the pixels with up to four displays on Mac or up to six displays on Windows PC.1
Suddenly… You Have More Time
Take advantage of expansive dual-display capability to realize productivity gains up to 35%.3 With all that extra time, you could take your kids to that new neighborhood park they’ve been begging you for the last few weeks. Take the dog for a well-deserved frolic on the town. Or sit down to enjoy the mental benefits of mindful meditation listening to your favorite tunes.
Or heck, take all that extra time from utilizing dual displays to explore your design more, push the envelope on your photography, hone your storytelling, connect-the-dots with your mad number crunching capabilities, or run more security ops. After all, it’s up to you on how you’ll take advantage of all that newfound time. We’d vote for a balance of both fun and work — but mostly fun.
Less Errors + A Happier You
Go beyond improving productivity with a dual display workflow. Multiple research studies4 have found you can reduce errors by 20% and experience a 91% increase in your job satisfaction.3 Less errors. Less revisions. Faster turnaround times. Happier clients. Happier you. Imagine that. 😀
DisplayLink “Plug and Display”
Add displays to your Mac and PC with ease. Use any existing display, connect it to your adapter, install DisplayLink software, and plug it into any USB port.
- M1/M2/M3 MacBook Pro can support up to six total external displays. M1/M2 MacBook Air and M1/M3 iMac can support up to three external displays. M1/M2 Mac mini can support up to five total external displays. M1/M2 Mac Studio and M2 Ultra Mac Pro can support up to ten total external displays. Intel based Macs can support up to four external displays. Windows PCs can support up to six external displays.
- Total power delivery dependent on capability of attached USB-C power adapter.
- 2017 Fujitsu Siemens Computers “Office 21” research results of users going from two displays to three displays.
- Studies by the University of Utah and Wichita State University found dual displays reduce errors by 20%, increase job satisfaction 91%, and make work less stressful.
Includes
- (1) OWC USB-C Dual HDMI 4K Display Adapter
- (1) Quick Start Guide for OWC USB-C Dual HDMI 4K Display Adapter
- (1) User Guide for OWC USB-C Dual HDMI 4K Display Adapter
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Specs
Resolution
- Single and dual displays up to 4K @ 60Hz (3840 x 2160)
Refresh Rate
- 60Hz
Display Support
- Up to two 4K displays @ 60Hz
Display Support by Port
- HDMI 2.0: Up to 4K @ 60Hz
Chipset / Controller
- DL-6950
Mac OS Compatibility
- macOS 10.15 Catalina
- macOS 11.x Big Sur
- macOS 12.x Monterey
- macOS 13.x Ventura
- macOS 14.x Sonoma
PC OS Compatibility
- Windows 7 32-bit Edition
- Windows 7 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
- Windows 10 32-bit Edition
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows 11
Mobile OS Compatibility
- Android 10.x
- Android 11.x
- Android 12.x
- Android 13.x
Other OS Compatibility
- Chrome OS
- Ubuntu 20.04 or later
Other Requirements
- Any Mac, PC, Chromebook, tablet, or phone with a USB-C or Thunderbolt (USB-C) port
- macOS 11 Big Sur and later requires DisplayLink Manager application to properly configure external displays. For Windows, you will need the DisplayLink driver. Both items can be downloaded here.
Power Supply
- Bus-powered
Housing Color
- Silver
Housing Material
- Aluminum with plastic end-caps.
Color
- Silver/Black
Dimensions
- Height: 2.0 cm (0.8 in)
- Length: 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
- Width: 6.2 cm (2.4 in)
Cable Length
- 26.00 cm (10.2 in.)
Weight
- 144.0 g (0.32 lbs)
Input Connection
- USB-C
Output Connection
- (2) HDMI
- HDMI pass through is supported allowing audio signals to pass through the adapter to the connected displays.
Certifications
- CE
- FCC
Reach Certification
- Yes
Country of Origin
- Taiwan
TAA Compliance
- Yes
Ambient Temperature
- Operating: 32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C)
- Total power delivery dependent on capability of attached USB-C power adapter.
- Compatible with USB Type-A ports via adapter or cable (sold separately).
- When DisplayLink screens are connected some protected content in iTunes and other applications may not play. More information is available at the Official Mac FAQ and the Official Android FAQ.
- Dual display support, including available resolution and refresh rates, is dependent on host hardware and drivers.
Apple silicon M1/M2/M3 Pro, M1/M2/M3 Max, and M1/M2 Ultra Mac models, Apple Intel-based Mac models, and Thunderbolt 4 PCs can support up to two displays at up to 4K @ 60Hz via Thunderbolt.
Apple silicon M1/M2/M3 Mac models can support one external display up to 4K @ 60Hz via Thunderbolt. - The following Apple silicon M1/M2/M3 Mac models support a single display over a Thunderbolt port:
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3, 2023)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) - MacBookPro17,1
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022) - Mac14,7
- MacBook Air (M1, 2020) - MacBookAir10,1
- MacBook Air (M2, 2022) - Mac14,2
- Mac mini (M1, 2020) - Macmini9,1 - The following Mac models provide only partial support for DisplayPort 1.4, including limiting resolution to 5K or 6K at 60Hz. Please review Apple's display specifications for your specific Mac to determine the maximum supported resolution and color depth:
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) - MacBookPro15,1
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) - MacBookPro15,2
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) - MacBookPro15,2
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019) - MacBookPro15,1 and MacBookPro15,3
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) - MacBookPro15,4
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) - MacBookPro16,1 and MacBookPro16,4
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) - MacBookPro16,2
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) - MacBookPro16,3
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) - MacBookAir8,1
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019) - MacBookAir8,2
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020) - MacBookAir9,1
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019) - iMac19,1
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2019) - iMac19,2
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) - iMac20,1 and iMac20,2
- Mac mini (2018) - Macmini8,1
- Mac Pro (2019) - MacPro7,1
- Mac Pro (Rack, 2019) - MacPro7,1
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PC Compatible

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Customer Reviews
I used some early products with Displaylink and wasn't happy...lots of lag, pixelation, etc. So I was a bit skeptical, but I really wanted to use multiple monitors with my MacBook Pro M1 (17,1). I plugged in my monitors (2 Dell 1980 x1080), downloaded the software and crossed my fingers. Lo and behold....I got not 1, not 2, but 3 separate displays including the display on my MacBook. I experienced not issues...seriously no issues, while using this adapter. Great work OWC!
I would recommend this product to a friend!
- Reviewer:jalbre_98
Thank you for sharing your experience with our USB-C Docking Station! We're thrilled to hear that it exceeded your expectations and allowed you to connect multiple monitors without any issues. We appreciate your support and are grateful for your feedback. Enjoy your expanded workspace!
Moving from a laptop with USB-A and mini-HDMI to a new laptop with USB-C, this adapter essential to use external monitors for video editing.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
- Reviewer:FunnyPython-78704
Thank you so much for your amazing feedback! We're thrilled to hear that our USB-C adapter has been an essential tool for your video editing needs. We understand the importance of seamless connectivity, especially when transitioning to new laptops with different ports. We truly appreciate your support. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions, comments, or concerns. https://eshop.macsales.com/Service/
This allows me to use two external monitors. Inexpensive and functional.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
- Reviewer:Reviewer2897583288
Thank you so much for the amazing 5-star review! We're thrilled to hear that our product is a perfect fit for your MacBook Pro 2022 M2 and that it allows you to use two external monitors. We always strive to provide affordable and high-performing solutions, and we're glad we could meet your expectations. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future.