Whether it’s Xbox Cloud gaming, Stadia, PlayStation Remote Play or just a very severe addiction to Apple Arcade, gamepads are a better way to play many games on your smartphone of choice. Normally ...

The Backbone One is a great mobile controller at a reasonable price. Due to its smaller size it’s less comfortable than the Backbone Pro, though, but this comes with the benefit of portability. If you ...

Not very ergonomic for large hands "Play On Any Device" feature is subscription-locked Subscription is pushed heavily in app If you're a fan of "Death Stranding" and you play a lot of mobile games, ...

When I first saw the Backbone One, I figured it would be just another gimmicky mobile phone controller alternative. In a world of clunky phone clips, latency issues, and bad designs, no solution has ...

Backbone One smartly refined its iPhone controller with better ergonomics and magnetic adapters for an improved fit, but competition is fierce, making the $100 controller a more difficult sell. I love ...

Since arriving in 2020, the Backbone One has helped popularize dedicated mobile game controllers, the kind you might use for streaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and NVIDIA GeForce Now, remote ...

If you’ve explored the world of mobile gaming on a phone or tablet within the last few years, you’ve likely heard of the Backbone controller. Backbone wasn’t the first company to make a controller ...

We’re in the early days of what could be a cloud gaming renaissance, as the technology and bandwidth is finally catching up to the ambition and promise of a “play anything anywhere” kind of future.

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Best Buy's 4th of July sale continues with a flash deal on the popular Backbone One mobile gaming controller for iPhone, with the Lightning version 40% off today only. Pick up the popular iPhone ...

Backbone, in collaboration with Xbox, has released the Backbone One: Xbox Edition, a mobile controller designed to turn smartphones into portable Xbox consoles. Launched on March 27, 2025, the device ...