IOS 16 Now Adds Support For Nintendo Switch Controllers And Joy-cons

The iOS 16 surprise continues with support for Joy-cons and Nintendo Switch controllers (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Since announcing iOS 16 for the first time some time ago, many surprises have appeared. Another surprise is that the upcoming iOS 16 supports Nintendo Switch controllers and Joy-Cons.

Apple devices now officially support Xbox and PlayStation controllers. This news comes from twitter user @rileytestut, who is known to be an App developer and the developer behind the iOS Delta video game emulator.

In a series of tweets he uploaded, he said that iOS 16 supports left and right Joy-cons. You can use a single controller or both, so you can enable two-player matches on one Apple device.

!!! iOS 16 natively supports Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers!!Can confirm they work perfectly with Delta 😍 pic.twitter.com/p8u1sdjvTt

— Riles ️ (@rileytestut) June 6, 2022

Apple's new mobile operating system leverages the split nature of Joy-cons to provide mobile gamers a unique experience.

Riley also says that you can switch between Joy-Con modes as a single controller or two separate ones by holding down the screenshot button and home button for a few seconds.

Riley confirmed that iOS 16 also supports the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Currently, the controller is customizable in the Bluetooth menu of the Settings app in iOS 16, and it's only available in beta for developers.

But there's no need to worry, as Apple says the iOS 16 public beta will follow in July, and a software update will be released in the fall.

According to MacRumors, iPhones have supported PlayStation 5 DualSense and Xbox Series X controllers since the release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021.