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How to Pair Nintendo Joy-Con Controllers to iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV

Wednesday November 2, 2022 9:49 am PDT by Tim Hardwick

With the release of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and tvOS 16, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs now include support for pairing Nintendo Switch Joy-Con and Pro controllers. Keep reading to learn how it's done. As many Apple Arcade games enthusiasts will know, Apple's mobile devices and Apple TV set-top box support some popular game controllers right out of the box. For example, these devices have...

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Use Your iPhone As a Webcam for Nintendo Switch 2

Friday June 6, 2025 2:37 am PDT by Tim Hardwick

The Nintendo Switch 2 includes a new built-in social feature called GameChat that allows up to 12 users to engage in video chats simultaneously, even if they're playing in different games. To facilitate this, Nintendo offers an official Switch 2 Camera that connects via USB-C, but it turns out that an iPhone does the job just as well, if not better. Niles Mitchell has thoughtfully shared a...

Sketchy Rumor Claims Apple Developing Nintendo Switch-Style Gaming Console

Tuesday May 11, 2021 9:03 am PDT by Hartley Charlton

Apple is working on a Nintendo Switch-style handheld games console, according to a sketchy new rumor coming from Asia. According to a post on a Korean forum, shared by Twitter user @FrontTron, Apple is developing a portable hybrid games console, comparable to the Nintendo Switch. While the sourcing of the rumor is suspect, it has gained some visibility in larger news outlets over the past...

Developer Successfully Emulates Nintendo Switch Games on M1 Mac

Tuesday December 22, 2020 10:53 am PST by Joe Rossignol

Earlier this week, a developer using the pseudonym Sera Tonin Brocious on Twitter successfully managed to emulate Nintendo Switch games on Apple silicon, which they demonstrated by running Super Mario Odyssey on an M1 Mac. As noted by The 8-Bit, the developer was able to achieve this feat with the open source Yuzu emulator, which uses Vulkan, a high-performance 3D graphics API. The...

You Can Now Use the Nintendo Switch Voice Chat App While in Other Apps or When iPhone is Locked

Wednesday September 13, 2017 7:55 am PDT by Mitchel Broussard

Ahead of the Nintendo Direct coming this afternoon, Nintendo recently updated its Switch Online voice chat iOS app with a few useful tweaks to the way the software handles chatting online with friends. Prior to the update, you had to keep the app open at all times to hear and be heard by your friends while playing games like Splatoon 2. Now, Nintendo explains in the app's update notes that you ...

Apple's Domination of Component Supply Chain Said to Be Constraining Nintendo Switch Production

Tuesday May 30, 2017 8:11 am PDT by Mitchel Broussard

A new article by The Wall Street Journal today has taken a look into the increased pressure put on suppliers of NAND flash memory units, as well as other smartphone components, and how Apple might be indirectly affecting the supply of the Nintendo Switch. According to people in the industry, smartphone makers -- namely Apple -- and their increasing ramp-up on component manufacturing for high-end...

Nintendo Switch Vulnerable to Hacking Through Outdated Version of Apple's WebKit Browser Engine

Monday March 13, 2017 8:10 am PDT by Mitchel Broussard

iOS hacker qwertyoruiop has discovered that an old iOS 9.3 WebKit vulnerability lies hidden within Nintendo's latest home console/portable hybrid, the Nintendo Switch (via SlashGear). The exploit lies in the Switch's limited web browser functionality, which allows users to sync up with Twitter and Facebook as well as connect to public Wi-Fi hotspots, and is all run by Apple's open source browser...

Nintendo Switch Acts as External Battery Pack for USB-C MacBook Pro, Parental Control App Available

Thursday March 2, 2017 7:22 am PST by Mitchel Broussard

The Nintendo Switch launches worldwide tomorrow, March 3, and as journalists and reviewers have had their hands on the console for the past week, news of its hardware and software features have been shared online. This week, Quartz technology reporter Mike Murphy discovered that when plugging the Nintendo Switch into a MacBook Pro through a dual USB-C cable, the Switch inexplicably acts as an ...

Nintendo Switch Parental Controls App Will Let Parents Remotely Control Switch Console

Friday January 13, 2017 6:07 am PST by Mitchel Broussard

In the wake of major reveals surrounding the Nintendo Switch and its launch titles, Nintendo has announced a new app coming to smartphone devices that will allow parents to set granular control settings on their family's Switch console (via IGN). The free "Nintendo Switch Parental Controls" app will offer various settings like time limits and remote sleep mode activation, all without a parent...

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