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- Genshin Impact will add control support to Android in version 5.5.
- Controller Support has been available on the iOS page Page Version 1.3, released in February 2021.
- The update is expected to be launched on March 26, 2025.
Five years after the open world up to Giant Genshin Impact took the world by storm, Android users will soon be able to finally play with a controller. Lately The developer’s discussion Leased earlier today, Mihoyo announced that control support will be added to the Android version of the game as part of version 5.5.
The post shows only four compatible controllers: Dualshock 4 Wireless Controller, DualSense Wireless Controller, Xbox Wireless Controller and Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2. Especially all these wireless controllers require Bluetooth to work. In other words, USB-C-based telescopic gamepads as Razer kishi cannot be officially supported.
Control support has been available on iOS since February 2021, but not on Android until now.
So far, control support on Android has been a strange omission. Mihoyo added control support on iOS in February 2021 as part of version 1.3, less than six months after the game’s first release in September 2020. Many fans have speculated that Apple paid for having the feature exclusively on iOS, but no matter what case, it has not been addressed until now.
As a result, Android users have had to resort to solutionsUsually using software to allow button mapping of buttons. This required further setup, and the resulting gameplay was not as even as official control support.
Version 5.5 is expected to be launched March 26, 2025. A Live Special Program Message On Twitch and YouTube will reveal more details on the content of the update 14.
Genshin Impact continues to be one of the most popular games in the world, with more than 60 million Estimated monthly players. It is now available on Android, iOS, Windows, PlayStation 4/5 and Xbox Series X/S. A Nintendo Switch version has been developing since 2020, but Mihoyo has not announced anything about it in many years. In view of the game’s continued popularity, it would provide an interesting launch title for Nintendo Switch 2.