Do both monitors have to have usbc to daisy chain to a mac or only the main one?

[says_stuff]

I’m thinking of getting a new second monitor for my macbook air m4.

My main monitor now is an old 1080p samsung with hdmi and displayport 1.2

But the new one is the S60ud Viewfinity s6 which has a usbc, hdmi and diplayport port. It mentions daisy chaining on the characteristics so my question is,

do you think i could hook up the two monitors together through displayport and connect them (therefore using one cable for both) to the mac using the usbc option of the new monitor? Is this how its usually done?

If yes does that mean that i could also maybe connect a third monitor to the other usbc port of the macbook?

 

[PaulD-UK]

Daisy chaining monitors only works on Mac OS if both monitors are Thunderbolt 3/4/5.
Windows can daisychain DisplayPort, (but usually not DP over USB-C), but when you try this with MacOS you only get mirroring, the same screen on both.

 

[BigBlur]

Daisy chaining monitors only works on Mac OS if both monitors are Thunderbolt 3/4/5.
Windows can daisychain DisplayPort, (but usually not DP over USB-C), but when you try this with MacOS you only get mirroring, the same screen on both.

Only the first monitor needs to be Thunderbolt. You can use something like a USB-C to USB-C or a USB-C to DP cable from the downstream TB port on the first monitor to the second monitor.

I know a few people who do this with Dell monitors. They get the more expensive TB monitor, and the cheaper non-TB "equivalent" monitor to go with it.

 

[says_stuff]

Thank you guys! I will better feature proof my setup thanks to your help

Daisy chaining to the macbook air would only work to free up a port, i wouldnt be able to run three monitors, right?

 

[PaulD-UK]

From Apple's support document:
"MacBook Air models with the M4 chip support up to two external displays simultaneously in addition to the built-in display, based on the resolution and refresh rate of each external display. Closing the lid of your MacBook Air with M4 chip will not increase the number of external displays that can be supported. You can connect displays to the Thunderbolt 4 ports on the side of the computer."

If you want to attach more than two, then they have to be run from a DisplayLink hub, which is a lower bandwidth USB connection, which doesn't really work well for moving pictures, but may be OK for text windows.