8BitDo’s first smartphone controller has Hall effect joysticks and triggers

8BitDo has announced its Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller, the company’s archetypal gamepad that attaches straight to smartphones and mobile devices utilizing an expanding clamping mechanism. It’s available for preorder present for $49.99 and is expected to beryllium released connected November 29th, 2024.

The Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller tin beryllium attached to smartphones oregon smaller tablet devices measuring betwixt 100mm and 170mm successful length. For expanded compatibility, alternatively of plugging successful with USB-C, 8BitDo’s caller controller connects wirelessly implicit Bluetooth but lone supports Android devices.

The usage of Bluetooth necessitates a 350mAh rechargeable artillery successful the controller, which 8BitDo says is capable for 15 hours of play connected a 1.5-hour charge. That added artillery besides means the Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller weighs 236 grams, making it heavier than competitors’ offerings similar the Backbone One, which connects done a device’s charging larboard and weighs 138 grams.

Like GameSir’s G8 Plus smartphone controller, 8BitDo is utilizing drift-resistant magnetic Hall effect sensors successful its joysticks and triggers truthful players volition perchance debar experiencing unwanted movements oregon fastener presses portion gaming. The controller besides features a brace of enarthrosis buttons, a four-way directional pad with a “clicky” feel, turbo, macro, and illustration buttons, and 2 further programmable paddle buttons connected the back.

Unlike immoderate of 8BitDo’s much budget-friendly offerings, the Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller afloat supports customization done the company’s Ultimate Software, which is disposable arsenic a desktop and mobile app. In summation to remapping controls, creating macros, and adjacent mounting up aggregate profiles, if you’re an FPS player, you tin usage it to set the sensitivity of the controller’s triggers truthful they’re much instantly responsive.