The iPad Air and iPad Pro are many things, but what they most definitely are not is expandable.

The solution is a dongle, but you have to pick the right one.

If youre traveling, this is even more important.

Kingston Nucleum USB hub resting on top of a MacBook

Lifewire / Charlie Sorrel

Travel Hub

The iPad is the perfect travel computer.

it’s possible for you to watch movies, edit your vacation photos, anything.

But the iPads limitations soon present themselves.

a view of the kingston nucleum USB hub’s PD port and USB

Lifewire / Charlie Sorrel

What if you want to watch those episodes ofTed Lassoyou downloaded on the big TV in your AirBnB apartment?

How do you import photos from your camera?

Kingston chose an excellent selection of expansion ports for general use.

side view of the Kingston Nucleum USB hub on a gray table

Lifewire / Charlie Sorrel

The Nucleum isnt the only option.

The Nucleum plugs into the USB-C port of the iPad Pro and iPad Air.

Kingston chose an excellent selection of expansion ports for general use.

A headphone jack, for one.

Just plug Apples USB-C to 3.5mm jack adapter into one of the Nucleums USB-C ports.

Use Examples

So how might the Nucleum help out while you travel?

Or copying files between two connected SSDs?

Perhaps those recipes from your dad we mentioned earlier?

Or importing the photos from your cameras SD card?

To finish, let me detail a setup I use quite often.

I plug the Nucleum into my iPad, then hook upmy OP-Z synth/samplervia USB-C. All the MIDI and audio just works, and all the batteries get charged.