What is going on, everyone?
I am Mike; welcome back to Tech 24/7 TV.
I am so glad that you're here because I'm going to share one
of the favorite accessories that I've been using here for
the past few days.
This is the Backbone One game controller, and it's
specifically built for iPhone.
It's available through Backbone's website, which I'll
put a link down in the description below.
It is ninety-nine dollars ($99.00),
and it will work with any iPhone from the iPhone
6S on up, and it will connect to your iPhone via a lightning
port that is built right into the game controller itself.
Since it has the lightning port on the game controller,
that means it's going to have ultra low latency, which means
is that you shouldn't experience any type of delay
while using the controller.
It does have a lightning port here on the bottom and that
does support passthrough charging.
Even though this is a game controller and like most other
game controllers that you'd find for the PS4, the Xbox,
that requires a charge.
This does not require a charger.
It uses very, very minimal battery life when using it
with your iPhone.
Once you buy this from Backbone, they ship
it to you, and it takes about three or four days to
get to you.
This will fit any iPhone.
And you simply go ahead and extend this, plug in your
iPhone here into the lightning port,
then close it shut.
Opening up the Backbone app is going to show you the game that
you last played here, in addition to any game that
you've already installed that are supported
with the controller.
This will show you trending highlights that from gameplay,
it will show you trending games here that are also within
the iOS ecosystem.
Other than the design and the fact that you do not have to
charge the backbone one, there are a few things that
make the backbone one, and I think, unique.
So first is going to be the actual game controllers,
which are going to be the most important part of it.
How does it feel in your hands when you're playing games?
And now this controller itself has a good feel?
I don't have necessarily big hands.
These fit very well inside of my hands.
I have I don't get tired, or I don't get fatigued having the
controller in my hands.
The buttons are very, very responsive.
You can go ahead and press these buttons all day long,
and they have got a good springiness to them
while being responsive.
Also, the controllers or the jock sticks feel very good.
Well, and not only are they, you know, up, down, left and
right usable, but they also go ahead and push in.
So the L3 and R3 will let you go and push into the additional
game functions depending on what that game is.
There is a lightning port pass through here
which supports power.
So when you're charging your iPhone, it also supports
a lightning audio.
If you're using a pair of headphones and there is a
three-point five millimeter (3.5mm) jack if you're using
pair of old-school headphones.
There are four (4) dedicated hardware buttons on the bottom
of the controller that allows you to
1) Mute and unmute in gameplay 2) start recording either a
screenshot or a video in 1080p.
3) Open up the menu for the Backbone one app, and 4)
there's the aspect of having rich presence for any of your
friends that are using the backbone controller as well.
It gives you contextual updates on what they're playing and
when they started playing.
I think that's very cool as well.
In addition to playing any game that's been optimized for
game controllers from the App Store, you can also use
your iPhone and the game controller to play PlayStation
(PS) remote play, to play Xbox Remote Play, to play
STADIA games using the Web browser.
And they function very well.
The game controller functions as any other
game controller does.
You don't worry about carrying a separate game controller with
you that you have to always charge and then pair
with this.
How, if you are unfamiliar with what PlayStation
remote play is, this is an app that's downloaded to your
iPhone that allows you to remotely connect to your
PlayStation that is either in another room, might be
at home.
You are separated from it physically by any type of
distance and play any game that I currently own that's
available on that console.
And that console is going to turn on, and I'll be able
to play it in.
The gameplay is actually surprisingly decent.
I've actually had a lot of fun playing Watchdog Legions,
playing Red Dead Redemption 2 on my phone
with this controller.
The only difference is that I have a small screen, and I
think it provides good gameplay and feel to it when playing
these types of games.
I'm the type of person who likes playing racing games,
who like playing role-playing games, and this is
very comfortable to play.
I think the most amount of time I put into it was about an hour
and a half.
I didn't necessarily have any pain in my hands and fatigue.
What I did have was a dead battery because I've been
playing for so long.
But other than that, I think that this is going to be
a hit.
If you haven't seen this, I would definitely suggest
checking it out.
Now, I have some other videos planned for
this game controller.
Let me know what you want to see in the comments below,
or let me know if you have any questions.
I am Mike; this is tech 24/7 TV.
I'll talk to the next one.