Playing games on PS5 is a lot of fun, and the new DualSense controller with its adaptive haptics and triggers is a big part of that excitement. However, if you’re anything like me, chances are you enjoy playing a lot of mobile games, and a myriad of smartphone games support controllers on phones, which is amazing. So if you want to play Call of Duty: Mobile on your iPhone or Android phone with a controller, here is how you can connect the PS5 controller to your iOS and Android devices.
Connect PS5 controller to iOS/Android device
In this article, we are going to discuss how you can connect the new DualSense controller to iOS (or iPadOS) devices as well as Android smartphones and tablets. Depending on the device you want to connect your PS5 DualSense controller with, you can use the table of contents below to jump to an appropriate section.
Connect PlayStation 5 controller to iPhone/iPad
If you’re using an iOS or iPadOS device, here’s how to connect your DualSense controller to your iPhone or iPad.
- Press and hold the PS button and the new Create button on the PS5 controller until the light starts flashing.
- On your iPhone (or iPad), go to Settings -> Bluetooth. You will see the ‘DualSense Wireless Controller’ listed under ‘Other Devices’ here. Simply press it to connect the PS5 controller to your iPhone.
Once you’ve connected the controller to your iOS device, you can jump into any game you want to play on your iPhone and use the controller to play the game. It’s that simple. Pretty cool, right?
Connect the PlayStation 5 controller to an Android device
On the other hand, if you’re using an Android phone or tablet, the process is pretty much the same, but I’ll mention it here for clarity.
- Press and hold the PS button and the Create button on your DualSense controller.
- On your Android device, go to “Settings -> Bluetooth & Device Connection” and tap “DualSense Wireless Controller” from the list of available devices.
This method will pair the controller with your Android smartphone or tablet. You can now play any game compatible with your PS5 controller on your Android phone.
List of mobile games with controller support
If you are wondering if your favorite game supports PS5 controller on iPhone and Android, here is a list of games with controller support you can try.
| iOS and Android games with controller support |
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| 1941 Frozen Front |
| mana adventures |
| Adventures of Pip |
| Modified Beast Classic |
| Another world |
| Aralon: Forge and Flame |
| arcane soul |
| Artery |
| Asphalt 8 |
| Astro Duel |
| Badlands |
| Bladelords |
| Bloo kid 2 |
| Boulder Dash |
| Call of Duty: Mobile |
| Castlevania |
| Comet Racer |
| Commander Cool |
| Commander Pixman |
| cows in space |
| CraftedBattle |
| Crash Drive 2 |
| Crashlands |
| crazy snowboarding |
| Crazy Snowboard Pro |
| Crusaders of Light |
| dandara |
| dark echo |
| dead cells |
| Faulty trigger |
| dead point |
| Death Road in Canada |
| smiles of death |
| Disgaea 1 |
| Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition |
| LOSS |
| Dragon Mania Legends |
| Dust |
| extended edge |
| City of Eswat besieged |
| Evoland |
| FEZ Pocket Edition |
| Fly away |
| Fortnite |
| Frogbert |
| goat simulator |
| Golden Ax Classics |
| Great mountain adventure |
| GRID Autosport |
| Grimvalor |
| Groove Vortex |
| GTA: Chinatown Wars |
| GTA San Andreas |
| Gunslugs |
| Gunslugs 2 |
| heavy blade |
| hyperburner |
| I am the hero |
| impossible road |
| It’s full of sparks |
| jade empire |
| Jetpack Joyride |
| Go by car |
| Kingdom: New Lands |
| Leo’s Fortune |
| Lightspeed |
| LIMBO |
| Line 2 |
| little big adventure |
| man man |
| March: New Home VR |
| Max Payne Mobile |
| Metal Slug 3 |
| Minecraft |
| modern fight against |
| muffin knight |
| chrome neon |
| Oceanhorn |
| Oddmar |
| strange world |
| Off-road rumble |
| Overkill 2 |
| paracute |
| Ace Driver |
| Portal Knights |
| brutal post |
| Reckless Race 3 |
| Retroid |
| Samurai Showdown II |
| She wants me dead |
| Sky Gamblers |
| Sniper Fury |
| soul knight |
| space grunts |
| Space Harrier II |
| Space Marshals 2 |
| Sproggiwood |
| star warfare 2 |
| Stardew Valley |
| To stay |
| To stay together |
| Stickman 2 Base Jumper |
| Stickman Basketball |
| Stickman Basketball Blitz |
| Stickman Battlefields Premium |
| Stickman Disc Golf Battle |
| soccer stickman |
| Suzy Cube |
| tail drift |
| Tank Ace |
| terraria |
| Teslagrad |
| The Binding of Isaac |
| The deer god |
| The New World Is |
| The Rocky Horror Show |
| school |
| Ditto’s Swords |
| Thimbleweed Park |
| Time recoil |
| Top Gear: Extreme Car Parking |
| Transistor |
| Trigger on the road |
| turbo league |
| turtle tumble |
| Venture Kid |
| wonder boy |
Apart from these mobile games, you can even use PlayStation 5 controller to play PC/console games via Xbox Cloud Gaming on your Android device. Unfortunately, the same is not true for iOS users, as Microsoft is still trying to bring xCloud to Apple devices.
Use the PS5 controller with Android and iPhone
This is how you can connect a DualSense controller to your iPhone, iPad or Android smartphone/tablet. Playing games with controllers is something many people prefer due to the better touch control or more screen real estate on offer to enjoy the gameplay. So what games would you like to play with the PS5 controller connected to your phone? Let us know in the “Comments” section.
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