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The Wall Charger That Stopped Pretending

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UGREEN Nexode Pro Charger 160W

Wall chargers are still the most opaque device in your bag. You trust them with thousands of dollars of laptops and phones, and they tell you nothing about what they’re doing. You see a charging icon and hope the brick is giving your machine the 100 watts it asked for. If the cable is loose, the port is wrong, or power is splitting across three devices, you won’t know until your battery drains.

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UGREEN’s Nexode Pro 160W X774 takes a different approach. A rotatable LCD touchscreen wraps a 160W GaN charger and shows real-time wattage, voltage, active protocol, and temperature for every port.

UGREEN unveiled the X774 in China in November 2025, with international rollout into 2026. It carries four USB-C ports, one USB-A port, and a 160W ceiling. The top two USB-C ports each hit 140W through PD 3.1 when used alone.

Smart-display chargers were a curiosity in 2024 and a category in 2025. The X774 is the first where spec sheet, price, and port count line up against the incumbents at once. Anker’s Prime 160W made the case for on-device telemetry. UGREEN’s answer puts more of it on a cheaper brick with two more ports.

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Five ports and the 160W reality

The X774 gives you four USB-C ports and one USB-A for five outputs. USB-C1 and USB-C2 support PD 3.1 at up to 140W with PPS, QC5, FCP, SCP, AFC, UFCS, and Apple 2.4A. USB-C3 and USB-C4 top out at 30W each. The USB-A port hits 22.5W.UGREEN Nexode Pro Charger 160W

Those numbers only hold when total load stays under 160W. Plug a 140W laptop into C1 and a 30W tablet into C3 and you’re maxed out. Add a phone to C2 and the charger redistributes power, with the display showing the new allocation in real time.

The display tells you what most other chargers won’t

The touchscreen sets the X774 apart from most other 160W bricks. Anker’s Prime 160W is the only direct rival with comparable on-device telemetry. A tap rotates the orientation. Another cycles through views: total output, per-port wattage, active protocol, and internal temperature.UGREEN Nexode Pro Charger 160W

Most multi-port chargers hide their power split. Plug in a second device, your laptop slows, and you can’t see why. The X774 puts those numbers on a small gray screen.




The screen runs off a dedicated PCB with a Synwit ARM Cortex-M0 MCU, 128 KB of flash, and a touch controller. The display PCB connects through a flex cable and draws its own regulated power. Plug in an iPhone 17 Pro Max at 30W and the screen shows the protocol, voltage, amperage, and wattage live.

Inside the X774

The display gets the marketing attention. The X774’s real story is the boards behind it.

The enclosure measures 75.9 mm by 75.7 mm by 35.8 mm and weighs 353 grams. It has a similar footprint to Apple’s standalone 140W charger but is a touch thicker and heavier, with five ports instead of one.UGREEN Nexode Pro Charger 160W

The power architecture runs PFC plus AHB plus synchronous rectification. The PFC stage uses an Innoscience GaN chip paired with a SiC diode. The AHB stage uses two more Innoscience GaN transistors. The sync rectifiers are Prisemi NMOS devices, with Richtek controllers across all three stages.




The output section uses iSmartWare SW3566H chips for the high-power USB-C pair and a Hynetek HUSB392 for the lower-power trio. The PCBA is encapsulated in high-performance thermal adhesive, a higher grade of thermal management than most consumer chargers.

Size and travel weight in 2026

At 353 grams, the X774 is not a pocket charger. It’s a desk charger that happens to fold its prongs, about the weight of two smartphones stacked. You’ll notice it in a backpack but won’t need a power strip to run five devices from a hotel outlet.

The included cable is a 240W braided USB-C cord, about 150 cm, with an E-Marker chip and USB 2.0 data. Most chargers in the $80 to $120 range either skip the cable or include a thin 60W cord that can’t handle the full output.UGREEN Nexode Pro Charger 160W

The launch unit ships with Chinese plug standards, and US and EU variants are expected with the international rollout. The thermal approach mirrors UGREEN’s larger Nexode 300W desktop charger.




The price and the competition

The X774 launched in China at roughly $36 and is heading to global markets in 2026. US pricing has not been announced. UGREEN’s own no-display 4-port 160W variant lists at $119.99. Anker’s Prime 160W 3-port with smart display carries a $149.99 MSRP, with Amazon deals around $106. The X774 undercuts both while offering more ports.

The internal component quality sits in the same tier as the chargers in the 100W GaN roundup.

Who should actually buy this

If you charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro, an iPad, an iPhone, and wireless earbuds from one outlet, the X774 is built for you. The 140W port handles the laptop. The 30W ports handle the tablet and phone. The 22.5W USB-A handles legacy gear. The display confirms each one is getting what it needs.

Single-device users don’t need 160W or five ports; a 65W GaN charger costs half the price. And if you think a screen on a charger is a gimmick, you’ll be right about this one. The display isn’t optional, isn’t removable, and adds complexity. It earns its keep only if you actually care what your ports are doing.UGREEN Nexode Pro Charger 160W




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UGREEN keeps packing more ports and watts into smaller spaces, and the X774 continues the pattern. It adds the one feature most chargers ignore: transparency. That’s worth the desk space.



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