2023-10-12 22:18:45
The Backbone One iPhone controllers are very effective, and if you bought a USB-C model for an iPhone 15 during Prime Day – it was on sale for €90 instead of €120 — you may have had a surprise: out of the box, the controller is not compatible with iPhones. Indeed, and the manufacturer had announced it, an update is necessary and the controllers currently offered commercially are not necessarily up to date.
The main visible difference is the presence of a USB-C socket (right)
This is the case with our model: it arrived with firmware 1.1.4 and therefore did not work with an iPhone. In this case, there are two solutions: contact support for a change…or find an Android smartphone equipped with a USB-C socket, which is quite common.
Initially (right), the controller did not work on an iPhone. Switching to Android allowed the firmware to be updated.
The firmware update is a bit unusual: the Backbone application (mandatory) is indeed much less polished and complete under Android than under iOS. To be honest, there are not even menus for updating the firmware, the whole thing is in reality automatic and barely visible. In our case, we installed the smartphone in its cradle, gave the various permissions to the application and waited a few minutes. Then we unplugged and plugged the controller back in, to check if the update had been completed. That was indeed the case, it quietly moved from version 1.1.4 to 1.2.4 and iPhone compatibility requires version 1.2.2 at least. As there are no dedicated menus, you just have to wait and hope that the application does its job in the background, without any special notifications.
With updated firmware, it is recognized on an iPhone.
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Once the firmware is up to date, the controller is perfectly recognized by the Backbone application and the different games that we were able to try. The controller therefore has the same advantages and disadvantages as the Lightning version: the whole thing is responsive, solid and complete, but the controller remains a little expensive (120 €). Likewise, some may criticize the lack of vibrations and a gyroscope, and the asymmetrical layout of the analog sticks. The USB-C version still corrects two defects of the Lightning version. The first is obvious: USB-C is more practical and more durable. The second comes from the jack: the output power is significantly lower on the USB-C variant and this is good news, because the minimum level on the Lightning controller was far too high.
Finally, according to the brand, the controllers should quickly be delivered with firmware suitable for iPhones, which will avoid having to go through an update on an Android smartphone.
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