Our thoughts on the Belkin UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock

I came away very impressed with Belkin’s UltraCharge 3-in-1 charger last year, so when the company announced a new modular take on the same formula, I jumped at the chance to give it a trial run.

Announced as part of the company’s wider portfolio of peripherals for the Samsung Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26 Plus, and Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, the new Belkin UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock looks like a squished-down version of the aforementioned UltraCharge 3-in-1. Like that product, it’s clearly catering to those who carry one too many gadgets. Thanks to multiple sets of charging coils, it promises to be a piece of travel-friendly tech that helps you top up your phone, earbuds and smartwatch of choice.

The top of the Belkin UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock is made of a rubberised plastic. This part of the peripheral is where you’ll find the primary charging pad, which offers speeds of up to 25W via Qi2 and MagSafe. In practice, this end of things works much like you’d expect and like any other modern wireless charger. You simply line up the coils, let your iPhone or Qi2-compliant Android device snap into place, and watch the magic happen.

Where things get interesting is that this charging pad can be pulled upwards and tilted to reveal a surface underneath that can also be used for charging. This secondary charging pad is a little too small for a smartphone, but ideal for something smaller like a set of AirPods. It doesn’t include any magnets, however, so it may take some effort to get the alignment correct.

The third charging pad on the Belkin UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock might be the smallest, but it comes with the most fine print. Simply put, it doesn’t exist. While the UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock does include a spot for your smartwatch of choice to sit, it does not actually come with a charging pad built-into it.

Instead, there’s a cradle that’s concealed inside the UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock. The edge of this appendage sticks out from the site of the unit when not in use. However, if you push it in, you'll hear a mechanism click and release the ring-shaped storage bay whenever you want to use it.

To do that, though, you’ll first need to flip the UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock over. On the underside of the accessory, you’ll spy a pair of USB-C ports. One of these is used to supply power for the entire apparatus, but the secondary one will likely play nice with your Pixel Watch, Samsung Watch or Apple Watch charging cable.

The idea here is that you’ll plug your charging cable into the UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock and then weave it through the hollow-interior of the unit before integrating it into the charging cradle. Modularity is catnip for gadget nerds, but what’s here is really more a matter of BYO cable than anything else. Of course, if your wearable doesn’t fit in the cradle or the charging cable doesn’t play nice with the ports or physical dimensions involved, then it’s likely to be a bit of a dead-end.

Although this pseudo-modularity is the main drawcard, the most natural advantage that the UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock has over its siblings and competitors is the small physical footprint. 

For a device built to charge as many as three devices, it’s a little larger than a tennis ball. If you’re looking for something travel-friendly, this will absolutely fill that niche. That lightweight design isn’t always a good thing, though. When used with a larger handset like the Galaxy S26 Ultra or Google Pixel 10 Pro XL, it didn’t take much for the UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock to become unbalanced or tip over. The hollow-out design leaves the accessory with little heft to hold itself in place. 

Perhaps I got my hopes up too high, but for all that Belkin’s UltraCharge Modular Charging Dock gets right, the fronts where it falls short leave it feeling like a pale imitation of its predecessor.

Fergus Halliday

Digital Content Editor

Fergus Halliday is a journalist and digital content editor at WhistleOut Australia. He’s written about technology, telecommunications, gaming and more for over a decade. He got his start writing in high school before interning at magazines like CRN Australia and freelancing for publications like the AU Review, Gizmodo, Kotaku, GamesHub, Press Start, ScreenRant, Superjump, Nestegg, and more.

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