Use an adaptive controller on a PC or Fire TV — wirelessly
If you play with an Xbox Adaptive Controller, a switch rig or a custom button setup, "just use a touchscreen app" is a non-answer — you need your real controller. Here's how to get it onto a PC with no Bluetooth, or a Fire TV that won't pair it.
The problem with most "phone controller" apps
Nearly every app that promises to "use your phone as a controller" replaces your controller with on-screen buttons. For an adaptive or switch-based setup, that's useless — the whole point is the physical hardware a player has already tuned to their needs. What's actually needed is a way to get that real controller onto a device that can't accept it directly:
- A desktop PC with no Bluetooth, so the controller can't connect wirelessly.
- A Fire TV Stick whose Bluetooth refuses or mis-maps the controller.
The fix: relay your actual controller
Controller Gateway forwards a real, physical controller paired to your phone — over Wi-Fi — to your PC or Fire TV as a standard Xbox controller. Your existing adaptive setup stays exactly as it is; it simply reaches a device it couldn't before.
Get Controller GatewayHow to set it up
- Pair your controller to your phone over Bluetooth, the way you normally would.
- On a PC: install the free receiver, then in Controller Gateway tap Find PC → Start. On a Fire TV: enable ADB debugging on the stick, then Find → Start.
- Play. The device sees a standard Xbox controller — your real inputs, wirelessly, with about 2 ms of added latency on 5 GHz Wi-Fi.
Because it's a passthrough of your hardware — not a substitute for it — the buttons, switches and layouts you rely on all keep working. Nothing about your setup has to change.
Your controller, on more of your screens.
Bring the setup you already use to a PC or Fire TV it couldn't reach before — wirelessly, with your real inputs intact.