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How to pair and use Xbox and PlayStation controllers with iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple TV

A photograph showing a young male sitting at their desk, holding a red PlayStation DualShock controller in their hand and playing an Apple Arcade game on their Apple Thunderbolt Display

Apple has ramped up its gaming chops by announcing at its annual developers conference in the summer that iOS 13, iPadOS, tvOS 13 and MacOS Catalina 10.15 software updates bring support for the wireless Xbox and PlayStation game controllers, namely Sony's DualShock 4 controller and Microsoft's Xbox Wireless Controller with Bluetooth. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to pair your Xbox or PlayStation controller and use it to play games on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV and Mac, navigate the user interface on your Apple TV and more.