If you have bought a new PS5 or Xbox Series X and want to take advantage of its controls with other devices, now you are in luck. The application Steam Link has been updated for both iOS and Android with interesting new features, although the most striking is that it adds support for these drivers on devices that use Google's operating system.
Steam Link for Android now supports next-generation controllers
When a user like you or us buys a console of the type of the Sony Playstation 5 or new Xbox Series X and S What interests him most, in addition to squeezing all his possibilities to the maximum, is being able to make the most of his control.
For the past few years, PS4 and Xbox One gamepads have been widely used with other devices. First of all because they are super comfortable, also because having a Bluetooth connection made it very easy to support mobile devices, computers and even other gadgets with this type of connectivity. And finally because since you had it you weren't going to buy a new controller to play.
With the arrival of new consoles such as the PS5 or the new Series X and S from Microsoft, their controllers are now the ones that everyone wants to use at all times. Well, Android users are in luck because Steam Link in its last update added support for both controllers. Yes, they have to connect via USB cable and that is why for the iOS version it is not available yet.
However, if you usually play games running on your PC remotely on your Android tablet or phone, you will surely like this news and it is a first step towards that future full support that also includes wireless use. Which, after all, is something that should come in a future update.
Steam on iOS improves support for the PS4 gamepad
In the case of the version for iOS devices, what this version has done is improve support for PS4 controller version and Xbox One. In addition to an improvement in the support that was available for keyboard and mouse in both versions.
In addition, in this version of iOS one of the interesting points is that this improvement in the support of the PS4 game controller also adds the possibility to use the touch panel. And in the case of using them with Apple TV and tvOS, errors and problems when certain controls are dizzy are also corrected.
Therefore, if you have recently bought a new PS5 or Xbox Series X/S and you want to take advantage of its controls when you return to play a title that for some reason is only for PC or you prefer to do it on said platform, you can use them in a more optimized via Steam Link. Let's see, on a big screen we always say that the experience is lived in a much more satisfactory way, but sometimes you want to play a quick game from bed before going to sleep.
