• You can connect a PS4 controller to your iPhone through the phone's Bluetooth menu.
  • Before you connect it to your iPhone, put your PS4 controller into pairing style by holding down the PlayStation and Plowshare buttons.
  • Connecting a PS4 controller to your iPhone will let you bring a variety of mobile games with a controller.
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As addicting and fun as iPhone games are, around games can be tricky to play when all you have is a touchscreen. This is especially true for first-year-person shooters and other games that need fine front.

But there's good news for PlayStation 4 gamers: You can connect your PS4 controller to your iPhone, and use IT to swordplay iPhone games.

You can get started by connecting your PS4 controller through and through the iPhone's Bluetooth menu.

How to connect a PS4 controller to an iPhone

1. On your PS4 controller, urge the PlayStation and Parcel buttons. Withstand both down until the backlight light starts flashing, which indicates that your PS4 controller is in pairing mode.

Hold down the PlayStation and Share buttons.
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2. While your controller is in pairing mode, open your iPhone's Settings app and select the Bluetooth chit. Make sure Bluetooth is enabled on your iPhone — if it's non, you fire tap the slider at the clear of this screen to turn it along.

3. Your iPhone will scan for nearby Bluetooth devices. When it finds your restrainer, you should see its name appear under Other Devices — if you'atomic number 75 victimisation an official PS4 controller, it'll likely be called DUALSHOCK 4 Receiving set Comptroller. Tap it to plug in.

Your control wish appear connected your iPhone as "DUALSHOCK 4 Radio receiver Control."
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4. Waiting a moment. Once the controller successfully connects, the controller wish be listed under My Devices, tagged with the word "Connected."

Happy gaming! And if you'Re sounding for a revolutionary gage to rigging with your new controls, Apple Colonnade has lots of great options.

The iPhone game "Life is Unknown," played with a restrainer.
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