JoyLink: Phone as Gamepad

🎮 Turn your phone into a real Bluetooth gamepad — no receiver app, no dongle, no root

JoyLink makes your Android phone show up as a standard Bluetooth game controller, touchpad and TV remote. Pair it once with a Windows PC, Mac, Linux machine, Android TV or another Android phone and it works like any wireless gamepad — nothing to install on the other side.

💡 Popular ways people use JoyLink

• Play emulators and Steam games on a laptop that has no controller
• Navigate Android TV, Google TV or Fire TV and type with your phone keyboard
• Couch gaming: control the PC from the sofa
• Retro gaming on a Raspberry Pi or RetroPie without buying a pad
• Two phones, two players on one computer

🕹️ Bluetooth Gamepad for PC, Mac & Linux

• Xbox-style layout: dual analog sticks, D-pad, A B X Y, LB/RB, LT/RT, Start and Select
• Standard (DirectInput) controller for Steam, emulators and any game that supports generic pads; Steam Input covers XInput-only titles
• Haptic feedback, full-screen landscape, hold-to-exit so nothing kicks you out mid-game
• Built-in button tester shows what each control sends to the host

🖱️ Touchpad, Mouse & Keyboard

• Tap, two-finger scroll, right click and drag gestures
• Type with your phone keyboard — ideal for TV boxes and media PCs
• Works as a wireless mouse and keyboard for iPad and iPhone too

📺 TV Remote for Android TV, Google TV & Fire TV

• D-pad navigation, Back, Home, Menu and power off
• Volume, mute, play/pause, skip and channel up/down
• Number pad and a text panel for search boxes

🧩 Custom Layouts, Turbo & Macros

• Move, resize and fade every control; up to 8 layouts for different games
• Turbo (rapid fire) on any button; record a combo once, replay it from one macro key

🏎️ Racing Wheel for PC, TV & Emulators: Tilt to Steer

• Hold the phone sideways and tilt to steer — for hosts whose screen can't tilt
• Pedals on LT/RT out of the box; analog, left-stick and retro presets for sims and emulators

🎨 Three complete themes

HUD (electric lime esports), Aurora (glass and cyan glow) and Industrial (keycaps and safety orange) — full looks, not just an accent colour.

⚙️ Built for long sessions

• Lag in the same range as a regular Bluetooth controller
• Auto reconnect when the host drops the link, keep screen on while you play
• 19 languages and a built-in FAQ

💎 Free forever, Pro is a one-time purchase

Connecting, pairing and the standard gamepad are free — no time limit, no ads. Pro adds touchpad, TV remote, racing wheel, custom layouts, turbo & macros and two extra themes for a single one-time price, not a subscription. Try each Pro feature once before you buy.

🛡️ Privacy first

JoyLink only asks for the Nearby devices (Bluetooth) permission plus a status notification. No account, no sign-in; your inputs go over Bluetooth to the host and nowhere else.

🎯 JoyLink turns the phone in your pocket into the Bluetooth gamepad, touchpad or TV remote you're missing. Pair once and play.

⚠️ Before you install

• PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch only accept their own controllers, so JoyLink can't connect to consoles
• iOS games don't read generic Bluetooth gamepads, so on iPhone and iPad JoyLink is a mouse and keyboard only
• Android can act as a Bluetooth gamepad, but some phone makers switch it off in firmware and no app can turn it back on; JoyLink checks on first launch
• Every host maps buttons its own way; the button tester and FAQ cover the common cases
• The racing wheel is for PC, TV boxes and emulators: most mobile racing games don't take controllers, and the phone you play on already has tilt steering of its own

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