How to use the phone as a joystick for a PC: how to turn an ordinary smartphone into a full-fledged joystick

Often you want to play the console, but there is no joystick. What to do? How to use the phone as a joystick - we will tell in this article.

How to turn an ordinary smartphone into a full-fledged joystick

First you need:

• Gadget (smartphone, tablet), for convenience, having a large screen, running on Android, iOs, Windows Phone.
• PC with Windows 7 and higher.
• A game that requires a joystick to control.
• Internet for downloading the program.

So, if the first points are completed, install one of the programs on the PC.

Monect Remote Program

One of the powerful programs, which, in addition to gaming, has a number of other features:

• The gadget acts as a mouse or keyboard.
• Depending on the type of games (shooter, various simulators, etc.), it allows you to select the desired type of joystick. Here there is a device, "sharpened" only for GTA.
• It is possible to use the accelerometer of a mobile device.
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• The program can be used to remotely control a computer.
• There are modes for viewing presentations, multimedia, browser keys.
• The ability to connect using Wi-fi and Bluetooth.

Now the algorithm:

1. Find the client for your device on the Play Market, App Store, Windows Store. Install it, then the server for the PC. Following the instructions and executing the commands, install the program on the PC.
2. Then open it, see the window. Minimize with the OK button.
3. On the mobile device, open the client part. Click on the rightmost lower icon, then on “Scan”.
4. A new “Connect to PC” window will display a list of all active devices.
5. Choose your computer, connect.
6. Devices are connected. Menu "Layouts", select the type of joystick you need. If necessary, make settings in the properties.

PC Remote App

Now we solve the problem with the help of another powerful application hailing from the Land of the Rising Sun.

IMPORTANT. Consider connecting and using wirelessly via Wi-Fi, because this method has high speed and unlimited wires.

The algorithm is similar to the previous one:

1. First of all, download, install the remote server on the PC, the application on the mobile device.
2. We connect both devices to the same network (one router).
3. We launch programs on a mobile device and a computer.
4. In the window that opens, click on the bottom field.
5. A new window opens, look for your computer, click.
6. Everything, the devices are connected, ready to go. Choose the type of joystick.

This application allows Android devices to control computers:

• Remote duplication of mouse functions.
• The ability to display a full keyboard with all the functional, hot keys.
• Using a tablet / smartphone to remotely control a PC.
• There are also modes for multimedia, browser management.
• If necessary, you can remotely turn off, restart, send the computer to sleep or turn off the monitor.

With these programs, your smartphone will turn into a full-fledged joystick. Developers are constantly improving these programs and will soon add to all the listed functions the ability to transfer files from a computer to a smartphone and vice versa, independent search and playback of videos and others.