Setup & full feature guide

What you need

• An Android phone and a Bluetooth controller (PS5 DualSense, Xbox Wireless, 8BitDo, etc.).
• A Windows PC on the same Wi-Fi network as the phone.
• 5 GHz Wi-Fi is strongly recommended for the lowest, steadiest latency.

1. Pair your controller to your phone

Connect your controller in Android's normal Bluetooth settings — the same way you'd pair headphones. To put common pads in pairing mode: DualSense — hold PS + Create until the light bar flashes; Xbox — hold the pair button on top until the logo flashes. You can pair up to four, though relaying more than one at a time needs the premium unlock.

2. Connect to your PC

1. On your PC, install the Controller Gateway receiver and run it. The first run installs the virtual-controller driver (ViGEmBus) and adds a firewall rule — approve both. A tray icon shows how many controllers are connected.
2. In the app, tap Find PC, and pick your machine from the list.
3. Tap Start. Windows now sees a standard Xbox controller — test it in any game or in joy.cpl.

Reading the controller rows

Connected controllers appear as rows, each showing its player number (P1–P4), the controller name, its battery level, and whether it's charging. Battery is best-effort — some phones don't report a DualSense's level, in which case the row simply omits it rather than showing a wrong figure.

Rumble

On PC, force-feedback travels back from the game to your controller's own motors, so you actually feel the action. No setup — it just works with games that support rumble. Turning rumble on or off per controller is a premium feature, handy if one player wants it off without affecting the others.

Controller Studio (premium)

Controller Studio lets you remap buttons, tune stick response curves and deadzones, adjust trigger sensitivity, and set up turbo or gyro aiming — all saved as a profile per controller, so each pad keeps its own settings.

Low-battery alert (premium)

If a controller drops below ~15% and isn't charging, the app can play a short beep every few minutes so you're never caught out mid-match. There's a toggle to switch it off if you'd rather it stayed silent.

Battery saver: Screen dim (premium)

Tap Screen dim to black out the phone and drop the brightness to minimum during long sessions — on AMOLED phones, black pixels draw almost no power. It relays the whole time. Before it goes dark, a prompt reminds you how to get back: double-tap the screen to wake it.

Touchpad as a mouse (premium)

On PS5 DualSense and PS4 DualShock 4 pads, the touchpad moves the Windows cursor — handy for launchers, browsers or anything mouse-driven without reaching for a physical mouse. Tap to left-click, press and hold to right-click.

Using up to 4 controllers (premium)

Pair each controller to your phone and they'll relay as separate players (P1–P4) — perfect for local co-op. One controller on a PC is free forever; unlocking a 2nd–4th controller is part of the £2.99 premium unlock.

Check your latency

Curious about your network? Long-press the status line (the "Streaming to… / Stopped" text) to run a built-in latency test — it sends 400 timing pings and reports the median, 95th percentile and min–max one-way latency. Run it while streaming to see real-world numbers. On a good 5 GHz LAN, expect low single-digit milliseconds.

Buying premium features

Relaying one controller to a PC is free, forever. Reaching for a premium feature — Controller Studio, a 2nd–4th controller, the touchpad mouse, screen dim, low-battery alerts, or the per-controller vibration switch — brings up the purchase screen. To unlock:

1. Tap the premium feature you want, or open the purchase screen from the menu.
2. Buy the unlock through Google Play — a single one-time purchase, not a subscription.
3. It applies immediately, and restores automatically if you reinstall the app or sign into the same Google account on another device.