With the merchandise of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and tvOS 16, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs present see enactment for pairing Nintendo Switch Joy-Con and Pro controllers. Keep speechmaking to larn however it's done.

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As galore Apple Arcade games enthusiasts volition know, Apple's mobile devices and Apple TV set-top container enactment immoderate fashionable crippled controllers close retired of the box. For example, these devices person supported PlayStation 5 DualSense and Xbox Series X controllers since April 2021.

While not good advertised by Apple, the merchandise of ‌iOS 16‌, ‌iPadOS 16‌, and tvOS 16 besides added enactment for the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con and Pro controllers, truthful present users tin play amended than they mightiness different beryllium capable to utilizing on-screen interaction controls oregon their ‌Apple TV‌ Remote.

What's more, the large happening astir utilizing Joy-Con controllers is that you tin link either a azygous Joy-Con oregon some Joy-Cons, and erstwhile you link 2 Joy-Cons they volition look arsenic a azygous unified MFi controller to your games.

It's adjacent imaginable to dynamically power betwixt utilizing the Joy-Cons individually oregon arsenic 1 combined controller by holding the screenshot seizure and location buttons for a fewer seconds.

How to Connect a Joy-Con to iPhone oregon iPad

The pursuing the steps amusement you however to brace your Nintendo controller to your iPhone oregon iPad, and we'll beryllium utilizing a azygous Joy-Con successful our example.

  1. Remove a Joy-Con from your Nintendo Switch.
  2. Press and clasp the Sync fastener connected the achromatic borderline of the controller.
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  3. Wait for the lights alongside the Sync fastener to rove backmost and forth, indicating that the Joy-Con is successful pairing mode.
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  4. Launch the Settings app connected your ‌iPhone‌ oregon ‌iPad‌.
  5. Tap Bluetooth.
  6. Wait for your Joy-Con to look successful the "Other Devices" section, past pat it to connect.
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Your Joy-Con volition look successful the "My Devices" database and the pairing lights connected the controller volition spell retired but for one, indicating that it has successfully connected and is acceptable to use.

How to Connect a Joy-Con to Apple TV

  1. Remove a Joy-Con from your Nintendo Switch.
  2. Press and clasp the Sync fastener connected the achromatic borderline of the controller.
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  3. Wait for the lights alongside the Sync fastener to rove backmost and forth, indicating that the Joy-Con is successful pairing mode.
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  4. On your ‌Apple TV‌, prime the Settings app.
  5. Select Remotes and Devices -> Bluetooth.
  6. Wait for your Joy-Con to look successful the "Other Devices" section, past pat it to connect.

You'll person an onscreen notification connected your ‌Apple TV‌ confirming that the Joy-Con has successfully paired and is acceptable to use.

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