Playing games on the PS5 is a lot of fun, and the new DualSense controller with its haptics and adaptive triggers is a big part of that excitement. However, if you’re like me, chances are you like playing a lot of mobile games, and a myriad of smartphone games support controllers on phones, which is amazing. So, if you’re looking 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 will discuss how you can connect the new DualSense controller with both iOS (or iPadOS) devices as well as Android smartphones and tablets. Depending on which device you want to connect your PS5 DualSense controller with, you can use the table of contents below to skip over to a relevant section.

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Connect PlayStation 5 Controller to iPhone/ iPad

If you are using an iOS or iPadOS device, here’s how you can 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’ in the list under ‘Other Devices’ here. Just tap on it to connect the PS5 controller to your iPhone.

Once you have connected the controller with 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 PlayStation 5 Controller to Android Device

On the other hand, if you’re using an Android phone or a tablet, the process is pretty much the same, but I will 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 on ‘DualSense Wireless Controller’ from the list of available devices.

This method will pair the controller to your Android smartphone or tablet. You can now play any compatible game with your PS5 controller on your Android phone.

List of Mobile Games with Controller Support

In case you’re wondering whether your favorite game supports the PS5 controller on iPhone and Android, here is a list of games with controller support that you can try.

iOS and Android Games with Controller Support 1941 Frozen Front Adventures of Mana Adventures of Pip Altered Beast Classic Another World Aralon: Forge and Flame Arcane Soul Arteria Asphalt 8 Astro Duel Badland 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 Snowboard Crazy Snowboard Pro Crusaders of Light Dandara Dark Echo Dead Cells Dead Trigger Death Point Death Road to Canada Deathsmiles Disgaea 1 Don't Starve: Pocket Edition DOOM Dragon Mania Legends Dust Edge Extended Eswat City Under Siege Evoland FEZ Pocket Edition Fly Away Fortnite Frogbert Goat Simulator Golden Axe Classics Grand 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 Jump Drive Kingdom: New Lands Leo's Fortune Lichtspeer LIMBO Lineage 2 Little Big Adventure Man Man Mars: New Home VR Max Payne Mobile Metal Slug 3 Minecraft Modern Combat Versus Muffin Knight Neon Chrome Oceanhorn Oddmar Oddworld Off Road Rumble Overkill 2 Paracute Pilot Ace Portal Knights Post Brutal Reckless Racing 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 Stay Staying Together Stickman Base Jumper 2 Stickman Basketball Stickman Basketball Blitz Stickman Battlefields Premium Stickman Disc Golf Battle Stickman Soccer Suzy Cube Tail Drift Tank Ace Terraria Teslagrad The Binding of Isaac The Deer God The East New World The Rocky Horror Show The School The Swords of Ditto 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 the PlayStation 5 controller to play PC/ console games via Xbox Cloud Gaming on your Android device. Sadly, the same is not true for iOS users as Microsoft is still attempting to bring xCloud to Apple’s devices.

Use PS5 Controller with Android and iPhone

So that’s how you can connect a DualSense controller to your iPhone, iPad, or Android smartphone/ tablet. Playing games with controllers is something that many people prefer due to the better tactile control or more screen real estate on offer to enjoy the gameplay. So, which games would you like to play with the PS5 controller connected to your phone? Let us know in the comments section.