"Nintendo recently issued an update (21.0.0) for its Switch 2 console that, in addition to some small changes, has caused some third-party docks to stop working as intended. In the early weeks and months of the console's availability this summer, companies raced to figure out the right commands, the right power draw, and the right chips to use in order to trick the Switch 2 into thinking it had connected to the real thing - Nintendo's dock, which is included with every console."
"According to Nintendo, not exactly. Gaming site published a new statement from the company that says it "does not have any intention to hinder or invalidate legal third-party dock compatibility." Read in one way, it seems like Nintendo didn't intend to cause these issues with its latest update. Read another way, Nintendo has apparently established that there's a legal and an illegal way to create a third-party Switch 2 dock, and a lot of the ones out there were made illegally, apparently."
A 21.0.0 firmware update for the Switch 2 has caused some third-party docks to stop functioning while leaving others unaffected. Early third-party docks relied on reverse-engineered commands, power draw, and chips to emulate Nintendo's official dock. Nintendo stated it does not intend to hinder legal third-party compatibility, yet the company distinguishes between legal and illegal dock implementations. Some third-party docks, such as Viture's Pro mobile dock, continue to work on unchanged firmware. The future is uncertain: more docks could be blocked, the dock handshake could be reconfigured, or a certification program similar to Apple's MFi could emerge.
Read at The Verge
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