How to use your phone as a joystick for PC

Often you want to play a console, but you don’t have a joystick. What to do? We'll tell you how to use your phone as a joystick in this article.

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

To get started you will need:

• A gadget (smartphone, tablet) with a large screen for convenience, running Android, iOS, Windows Phone.
• PC with Windows 7 or higher.
• A game that requires a joystick to control.
• Internet for downloading the program.

So, if the first steps have been completed, install one of the programs on your PC.

Monect Remote program

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

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

Now the algorithm:

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

PC Remote Application

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

IMPORTANT. Let's consider connecting and using it using a wireless connection via Wi-Fi, since this method has high speed and is not limited by wires.

The algorithm is similar to the previous one:

1. First of all, we download and install the remote server on the PC and 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. That's it, the devices are connected and ready to go. Select the joystick type.

This application allows Android devices to control computers:

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

With the help of 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.