Monday 13 July 2015

Playstation 4 Remote Play on any Android Device

Up until now remote play has been exclusive to certain Sony devices only. A feature that I assumed was exclusive, due to certain hardware compatibilities between Sony devices... I was obviously terribly wrong as thanks to the folks over at the XDA forums you can now use remote play on most Android devices running 4.0+.
It is as simple as downloading and installing the APK but unless you have previously rooted your Android device to allow for wireless use with a ps4 controller, you will have to stick to the tedious touch controls.
A full list of instructions and downloads can be found on the official XDA page here.

Currently my daily driver is the Oneplus One which has proven to be capable enough to run the ported Remote Play app relatively well over a local network connection.
However as any Wifi based streaming their are limitations which may be noticeable when playing fast paced games where low latency and high reaction times are necessary.
My phone is not rooted so in order to use the remote play comfortably I simply plugged my PS4 controller into my phone via an OTG cable and everything worked as it should. Granted I had installed a key re-mapper some time ago so that may have something to do with the great compatibility.

Here are a couple of (average) pictures of Destiny running on my phone



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