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I liked the fact that it paired nicely with my Sony Xperia XZ Premium. Now I have advancement and volume control of my 3D slide show without having to reach inside the VR headset to swipe the screen! I had used the Sony BRH10 control, but as those age the BRH10 seem to loose the ability to hold a charge. This game pad controller takes AAA batteries, no problems there. Once this is paired I simply set the sides switch to game mode and control the show with the joystick. It is thicker than the BRH10, Works well for my purposes. If you want to replace most of the functions of the BRH10 remote control, at a reasonable price, this is perfect.

Very unreliable. I am not sure if it is shorting out or the antenna inside doesn't work, but the device keeps resetting every 2-3 seconds (you can tell when the LED light starts flashing). I was able to pair the controller, but then it disconnects 2-3 seconds later and then keeps connecting and disconnecting. I am sure that if it stayed connected, this would work very well because for the brief 2-3 seconds, it does show up as a USB controller. I believe this is a build quality problem.

I wanted an Anki controller. The 8BitDuo Zero is the go-to choice but they don't have a joystick, which is what I was mainly looking for, that way I could control my cursor and click on things and/or set it to scroll, and other models/brands are still a bit too big or too expensive.It took me a while to set this one up (almost gave up) because the buttons are not mapped correctly *at all*. I had to use the Contanki add-on (This is the number to download/install it, you'll need to: 1898790263) to remap *Every. Single Button* manually, which took a few hours. The controller has a tiny red light that flashes to let you know when in pairing mode, when connected, and flash when the batteries are low (takes 2 AAA batteries). Except, I installed fresh new batteries from the store, and yet it keeps flashing? Lastly, the small power and menu buttons sometimes have to be pressed harder/multiple times to induce an action. In general, the controller feels cheap, but it is well built, so good value for the money.If the 8BitDuo Zero had even one joystick, like the Lite model (which has two) and they managed to keep it small, I'd get it instead. Overall, I would recommend it if you're patient and Anki savvy. Once you get it to work it does so flawlessly.

The media could not be loaded. I tested it with my Samsung Galaxy S21 and could use pretty well with the phone. The real reason I bought it was to see if it would work with Ronin App and I could use it to control my original DJI Ronin S gimbal with it. It actually worked. Figuring out the button assignments is a lot of trial and error, but it worked pretty well. You have to remain connected to the app on the phone to control the gimbal, but it works as a good low budget solution if you still own the original Ronin S. The only caution is that I dont know how well this will work with other phones and device, YMMV.

Like many of the other reviewers, I use this as a controller for a digital flashcard app (Anki). My first one broke after about 3 months - when I would click the main button (the one you would use for advancing a slideshow), it would often send multiple signals, messing up my progress. I was annoyed with this and prepared to knock a star or two off (because it had otherwise worked very well and was very cheap) before I checked the app and saw I'd used it 75,000 times in that 3 months. So if you use it an absolute ton it will eventually break, but for the price I feel like 75,000 uses is pretty darn good.

The gamepad has a standard XY/AB layout. However, the keycodes that are sent for the A and B buttons are incorrect. A sends BUTTON_START, while B sends BUTTON_R1. To actually send the BUTTON_B you need to push the little power button, while the 'OK' trigger bizarrely sends both BUTTON_A and BUTTON_R2 (The X and Y buttons work correctly.) In other words, if your app requires pushing "B", pushing the button labelled "B" on this remote will not work. This matches a schematic in the manual so I don't believe this behaviour is a one off defect unique to the the unit I received.I gave the product two stars since I am using it for a flashcard app (Anki) and can work around these problems, it has lasted for over a month, and when I dropped it a few days ago I was pleasantly surprised to find it had not broken. However, if you instead to play any sort of game or do something more complicated than flashcards, you will find this remote unsuitable.

Im using this as an remote for a tv playing app. Using button mapper it works well

I've been looking for a small remote to use in place of a keyboard for a couple PC games I have and this little remote fit the bill perfectly. I only needed it to have a couple functions like a D-pad for walking and a couple buttons. This remote is exactly what I was looking for and I was able to use Antimicro to map the all of the buttons. Unfortunately, the remote only worked for about half an hour. The first thing that went wrong was the left side of the D-pad started activating itself whenever I used forward on the D-pad, causing me to walk diagonally to the left. Then the D-pad started moving on its own in all directions. Next, a couple of the buttons stopped working. As of now, left on the D-pad is stuck, but everything else seems to work. The remote feels pretty flimsy, but if it had worked longer than 30 minutes I wouldn't have minded at all.