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Nyko Playpad Pro for Android/Bluetooth

Platform : Android
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 678 ratings
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  • IMPORTANT NOTE: Product dimensions Dog Shoes Size Large dimensions: 4.5'' High x 2.25'' Wide x 3.5'' Deep. Please refer to the product description for sizing and measurement details
  • Easily control your favorite tablet games with console like precision ; Optimized HID protocol for Tegra 3 based devices and games
  • Includes Nyko's free Playground app with the ability to customize controller layout and download game profiles for older titles
  • Playground supports the following controller input: Keyboard Mapping and MouseHID, Keyboard mapping, and mouse emulation support make PlayPad Pro compatible with 100s of titles
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: Please press and hold the "home" button for 3-5 seconds for the unit to power up. The light next to the home button will turn on.
  • The PlayPad Pro is a full sized wireless Bluetooth controller designed to work with a multitude of today’s top Android titles
  • Easily control your favorite tablet games with console like precision, Optimized HID protocol for Tegra 3 based devices and games
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Bring the console experience to your Android based tablet with the PlayPad Pro from Nyko. The PlayPad Pro is a full sized wireless Bluetooth controller designed to work with a multitude of today's top Android titles. Featuring dual analog sticks, d-pad, 4 face buttons, and left/right dual shoulder/trigger buttons the PlayPad Pro has all the necessary tools to tackle any game. Designed in conjunction with NVIDIA the PlayPad Pro is compatible with numerous high-end mobile games optimized for Tegra-powered devices. The PlayPad pro works with Nyko's free Android app, called Playground, to provide backwards compatibility for the PlayPad Pro with legacy tablet titles, including those that currently utilize keyboard mapping and mouse support. Playground provides profile management for customized control schemes, as well as pre-set profiles for top selling and popular games. The PlayPad Pro works with any Android 3.0 device or higher with Bluetooth.

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3.7 out of 5 stars
3.7 out of 5
678 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the sturdiness and comfort of the video game controller. They mention that it's decently built, feels solid, and is comfortable in the hand. They also like the control. However, some customers have reported issues with charging the controller. Opinions are mixed on quality, ease of pairing, battery life, and value.

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75 customers mention59 positive16 negative

Customers like the sturdiness of the video game controller. They mention that it's decently built, the buttons, joysticks, and materials are ok. The controller itself feels solid and the analog sticks have a good feeling. Some say that the build is great and wonderful. Overall, most are satisfied with the 'wonderful piece of hardware'.

"...placement is perfect, and the movement of the sticks feels nice & solid, too...." Read more

"...I use the thumbsticks on the nvidia shield itself, it is smooth and awesome, and it feels very much like a quality console experience...." Read more

"...controller in your hands, the layout (much like xbox 360) and the sturdy build...." Read more

"...While it is a relatively sturdy and attractive controller at the right price, it falls flat on its face in product support and ease of use...." Read more

69 customers mention57 positive12 negative

Customers like the comfort of the video game controller. They mention that the analog sticks and gamepad have a good feel. They also appreciate the smooth rubbery feel and the clicky feel of the buttons. Overall, most are satisfied with the comfort and functionality of the controller.

"...The rubberized finish feels good in the hand, it gives a sense of control. It won't slide out of your hands at all...." Read more

"...of the plastic, and the D-pad, buttons, and joysticks seem solid, tight, and responsive; however, there is some jaggedness to the plastic along the..." Read more

"...Button placement is perfect, and the movement of the sticks feels nice & solid, too...." Read more

"...When I use the thumbsticks on the nvidia shield itself, it is smooth and awesome, and it feels very much like a quality console experience...." Read more

63 customers mention52 positive11 negative

Customers like the control of the video game controller. They mention that it's great, has a nice texture, and works well for many games. The controls are nice and fluid, and the mouse option is nice. Some customers also say that it makes good Wii remotes. Overall, most are satisfied with the product's control and functionality.

"...What I really *love* about this is that it has 4 modes. So far, I've only used 2, but it has made all the difference in the world...." Read more

"...My gaming has gotten significantly better since switching from touch controls and the whole experience feels more legit, like I'm actually playing..." Read more

"...The Nyko controller is VERY nice including the texture of the plastic controller, the shape of the controller in your hands, the layout..." Read more

"...The controller makes a great remote for the Kindle as you can set it to HID mode and toggle from menu item to menu item, and also switch it to mouse..." Read more

298 customers mention166 positive132 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the video game controller. Some mention that it works well, while others say that it has terrible functionality and does not work for two players.

"...it works great in hid mode with games that support the playpad and hid controllers in general..." Read more

"...====PREVIOUS REVIEW FOR MY NON-WORKING DEVICE=====Doesn't work.I left it on the charger for 3 days. THREE DAYS...." Read more

"...the controller, I connected it to my tablet and found that it seemed to work perfectly, D-pad and all..." Read more

"...old and the batteries are still doing great and it works just fine with my latest tablet Samsung Galaxy Note 2014/KitKat 4.4.2." Read more

67 customers mention41 positive26 negative

Customers are mixed about the ease of pairing. Some mention that the product paired quickly and easily with their device, has solid battery life, and works very well. However, others say that the setup is pretty difficult and the connection sometimes is hard to pair.

"...It connected easily and quickly and is responsive...." Read more

"...It is a REALLY REALLY poor implementation and pretty much makes it impossible to play any pc game for real on your TV...." Read more

"...It charged quickly and paired up with my phone right away. However, the triggers would not register in emulators no matter what I set the mode to...." Read more

"...Btw - Dead Trigger - Download it. Easy to map the controller to, good graphics..." Read more

63 customers mention26 positive37 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the battery life of the video game controller. Some say that the battery lasts all day, while others say that it wouldn't hold a charge at all.

"...The gamepad would not hold a battery charge --- the charging light would flicker. So, while it was charging, I tried to pair it with my phone...." Read more

"...note, this unit is coming up on two years old and the batteries are still doing great and it works just fine with my latest tablet Samsung Galaxy..." Read more

"...I just went to plug it in to turn it on and it will no longer charge...." Read more

"...Internal Battery - Which may be a con depending on who you are, but i personally like the fact that I don't have to swap out batteries...." Read more

61 customers mention40 positive21 negative

Customers are mixed about the value of the video game controller. Some mention it's a good product for the price, with ok quality and great performance. Others say it'd be a waste of money with cheap parts and a cheap plastic case.

"...I gave it three stars. But it does work with Fire TV and it was relatively cheap." Read more

"...It is garbage. Useless. A waste of time, money, effort, and frustration.UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER BUY THIS THING. EVER." Read more

"...While it is a relatively sturdy and attractive controller at the right price, it falls flat on its face in product support and ease of use...." Read more

"This is a great game controller for the price. Works well with the firetv and fire tv stick...." Read more

91 customers mention5 positive86 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the charging of the video game controller. They mention that it does not power on when unplugged, and that it refuses to turn on. Some say that the charging light would turn on, flicker, stay on, and flicker. However, some say that it shows no response even when plugged in.

"...that once I unplugged the charging cable, it turned off and would not come back on unless it was plugged in. My son tried to play with it anyway...." Read more

"...To be clear, it would light up like it was charging, but as soon as I unplugged it, all the lights would go dead, and I couldn't get any lights to..." Read more

"...The lights were red this time and made me wonder if something weird was going on (damaged)...." Read more

"...thought this caused an issue I encountered where the controller would not power on unless it was plugged in...." Read more

PURE GARBAGE. Is there ANY quality assurance/testing on these things? The apps are also worthless.
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PURE GARBAGE. Is there ANY quality assurance/testing on these things? The apps are also worthless.
Before I start this review, I will say that I purchased two of these instead of PS3 controllers. Both were defective and refused to update their firmware via the app (Nyko PlayPad Firmware Updater). The second app (Nyko Playground BETA) had issues detecting Amazon versions of their supported apps (or told me there was an issue pairing the controllers). The Google Play versions of said games worked, but a few supported titles purchased from Amazon did not!Now lets get into the review.I bought two of these to use with FPse and some games. I mostly wanted to replay my legally owned Final Fantasy games in all their PSX glory - boy was I in for a disappointment. On the first controller, one of the sticks kept getting stuck in random positions, causing my characters to keep running around. On the other, the side buttons (BOTH OF THEM) would get stuck and get me into an infinite menu loop.Really Nyko? What the heck are you doing with these controllers? Do you not care about your own reputation anymore?Moreover doing a Google search reveals this to be a COMMON problem!Let's move onto some more issues. FPse would not detect the dual sticks as separate entities until I updated the firmware, which was impossible as the app fails to do so (for both controllers, on the Nexus 4, 5 AND a Samsung Blaze).I tried playing some Sonic games, and while the ones I purchased from the Play Store worked, the one I got from Amazon DID NOT.All in all, these controllers are downright horrible. They have issues with buttons sticking after being pressed, and the Android apps that are meant to enhance them do not work!Maybe if I got a fully working one, I would write a different review - BUT out of the two I bought, BOTH HAD multiple issues. This is simply ridiculous in this day and age.Please take a look at my pictures for more info (either in the comments section or via Amazon's customer images).At the moment, I bought some PS3 controllers from Target (they were cheaper than these buggy jokes), and am using those instead - they work like a CHARM with my PSX (and all Android) games.So my advice is to stay away, FAR away from these so called "Pro" pads.Even at $19.99 the Nyko Playpad Pro is not worth it.If you root your phone, you can use the regular PS3 controller, which is of much better build quality, and is currently on clearance for $15 at my local Target.
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Squamous
5.0 out of 5 stars works great out the box UPDATE 11/9/14: 4.3 firmware problem solved
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2014
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iv read reviews saying this thing has firmware and software problems, the firmware problems sometimes being from the updates and software problems being only in beta version thus far. so i never installed the software or updated the firmware. i just synced it up to my s4 mini(it has a sprint version of jellybean 4.2.2)with no problems and was able to scroll through the menus and select apps. it works great in hid mode with games that support the playpad and hid controllers in general(my games of choice being beloko ports of id software titles and console emulators by robert broglia). i'll be getting a bluetooth dongle in the mail soon for my laptop to see how well i can get it to work with windows. ill make an update later with my findings.

update: 02/17/14

so i setup up my bluetooth dongle today and have successfully synced my playpad with my laptop(satellite a200 with 32 bit windows vista). after windows found drivers for it i loaded up xpadder to see how things would map out and as it turns out not great but better then i expected. iv been able to map both analog sticks and there push down buttons, the ABXY buttons, bumpers and the start button. unfortunatly the d pad is registering as keyboard directional keys and cant be used in xpadder. the triggers just dont work. a interesting thing to note, the left analog stick will only register as a d pad in xpadder. all of this weirdness is more then likely bad drivers and nyko will probably never make any for windows. i can rig this thing in zdoom to about 90% functionality as i can just bind the d pad as keyboard keys but still no triggers. owell, maybe ill find a way.

Update 2014:
So my phone had been upgraded to 4.3 and my controller stop giving a full connection. I tried the 4.3 firmware update app but I couldnt get it to work, so I went back to trying to connect it as is. I thought maybe trying to connect it in mouse mode might do the trick and as soon as I unpaired the controller, switched to mouse mode and pair again it recognized it as a mouse and gave full connection! While still connected this way I moved the switch back to hid mode and it started working as a hid controller again. Easy fix :)

Update 11/9/14:
Got the latest firmware update not by way of the googleplay app but from a downloadable source for the pc (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nrbp4fefwwu2g6l/IYv8irXZaU). now that that the firmware is 4.3 i had to remap the controller in all my apps, but its not that big of a deal to me. tested it with xpadder on windows and it maps out almost like a normal controller now but the triggers still dont work in windows :(
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Kristen Tracey
1.0 out of 5 stars DIDN'T WORK!
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2015
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I purchased this item about a week ago. Out of the box, it would not turn on. So I thought, ok it needs charged first. I let it charge for a while and still nothing. I updated the firmware because I wanted to use it with my Fire TV stick and read that that needed to be done. Then I let it charge for the rest of the day and overnight. The led never stayed blinking rapidly as the instructions said it would, and the controller still would not turn on. I contacted Nyko customer support and was told to return it, which I did.
So rather than simply returning, I opted for a replacement because my five year old son was pretty disappointed that it wouldn't work because he was looking forward to playing games with it. The new one arrived a couple days later and still wouldn't turn on it if the box. No big deal, I thought it probably still needed charged. I started charging, and after a couple hours I tried turning it on when it was plugged in. SUCCESS! It came on, the Fire TV stick recognized it and after a couple tries it paired. The problem with this second one was that once I unplugged the charging cable, it turned off and would not come back on unless it was plugged in. My son tried to play with it anyway. It was rather annoying trying to use the controller while it was attached to a cord that was only around 24"long, give or take. It also disconnected every minute or so (or less!) due to moving around. The cord would move so there was not a good connection and the controller would disconnect from the Fire TV.
This type of game play lasted about 15 minutes before I was just flat out annoyed. The newest one was returned today. I also noticed, after the fact, that had the default review settings been set to "Most Recent" instead of "Most Helpful", I would have seen that many of the more recent reviewers had the same or similar issues and it may have influenced my decision a little more. Many of the "Most Helpful" reviews have the controller 4 or 5 stars saying it worked great, blah blah blah. I guess I should have checked the dates a little more closely.
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G-Rex
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for NVidia Shield Tablet
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2015
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I bought this to use with my NVidia Shield Tablet. I read on several forums that for it to work properly the firmware had to be updated and that could be done only by sending the controller off to Nyko.

Upon receiving the controller, I connected it to my tablet and found that it seemed to work perfectly, D-pad and all (this is apparently an issue with many controllers), straight out of the box. I still contacted Nyko and they sent me a link with instructions on how to update the firmware on the controller myself. I did this and the only thing that seems to have been affected is how smoothly the controller responds (it's slightly smoother now than before the firmware update).

As for materials; the main body of the controller is matt plastic (which I prefer for when you get sweaty hands after hours of playing), the triggers (which seem to be proportional rather than button style) are rubbery, the buttons, d-pad and bumpers are crystal plastic and the thumb-sticks are xbox/360/One quality (yes I own all 3 versions of xbox). The size is on par with Xbox One controller, just a bit more angular than Xbox's smoother curves. Fits perfectly in your hand.

Haven't fully tested battery life yet but I don't expect it to be that much of an issue.

All in all, I have no idea what other reviewers are saying when they call this a piece of garbage. It works perfectly with both normal app style games and the NVidia Grid streamed games. I'm really happy with it and it greatly exceeded my expectations.
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Terence Cousins
5.0 out of 5 stars Works out of the box with fire tv
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2014
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Works well with no connection issues on fire tv. Has internal battery that charges in a couple of hours using a usb phone charger or usb lead to fire tv. Works on android 4.2 and fire tv out of the box and my samsung galaxy tab. Once charged fully, last for hours, 20 hours over a few days and still no battery low light. The first one I got would not turn on when holding down the home on button,but it would turn on if I used the usb power lead and then unplugged it and it worked fine until it was turned off. Returned it and got another and this works great. I did notice that the nyko playground app could not detect the controller to update firmware, but worked controlling the tablet, whereas the faulty one did connect to nyko playground app. The unit works ok anyway, so I do not need to update yet. I probably could update the the nyko android firmware update app or the PC updater program if I had to.
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Khan
5.0 out of 5 stars Kompatibel mit Amazon Fire TV
Reviewed in Germany on October 3, 2014
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Hi,

Ich habe mir den Controller als Alternative zum Amazon Gamepad gekauft, da ich unbedingt ein Gerät wollte, dass einen Akku hat und ich nicht ständig Batterien wechseln möchte.

Das Gamepad wurde von Amazon Fire TV schnell erkannt und es lässt sich nicht nur für Spiele benutzen, sondern auch als Fernbedienung. Da aber natürlich kein Mikrofon integriert ist, fällt die Option der Spracherkennung schon mal weg ;)

Mitgeliefert wird ein USB Kabel, damit lässt sich das Gamepad aufladen z.B. wenn man es an einen USB Port am PC einschaltet, allerdings habe ich ein ganz normales Handyladegerät von Samsung benutzt und das Pad hat sich sehr schnell damit aufgeladen.

Das Pairing mit Amazon Fire TV verlief ohne Problem und auch die bisherigen Spiele wie Sonic oder Walking Dead lassen sich damit ganz normal spielen.

Die Verarbeitung ist ganz OK, obwohl ich das Gefühl habe, als ob der rechte Stick nicht sensibel genug reagiert.
Aber evtl. braucht man auch etwas Zeit, um sich an das Spielgefühl zu gewöhnen.

Das Gamepad verfügt über insgesamt vier Schultertasten, zwei links (L1 + L2) und zwei rechts (R1 + R2).
GameCircle lässt sich ebenfalls über den Home Button aktivieren.

Ich finde dieses Gamepad eine gelungene Alternative zum offiziellen Gamepad von Amazon, vorallem weil es einen verbauten Akku hat. Wer also so wie ich keine Lust auf Batteriewechseln hat, sollte sich das Gamepad genauer anschauen.

Viele Grüße!
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Víctor G. Figueroa Molina
5.0 out of 5 stars Una auténtica pasada
Reviewed in Spain on January 7, 2014
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Impresionante mando para jugar a cualquier dispositivo Android.
Sin duda recomendable al 100%.
Si quieres un mando para jugar a juegos, emuladores y similares no lo dudes, te aseguro que no te arrepentirás de tu compra.
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tortugas
5.0 out of 5 stars Une bonne manette Blutooth !
Reviewed in France on February 14, 2013
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Cette manette est bonne dans l'ensemble, elle avait un bruit bizarre sur un bouton de la tranche qui a disparu au bout de quelques pressions successives, je verrais à l'usage si le bruit revient je l'a renverrais, mais aucunes différences de sensations entre les 2 boutons L/R malgré ce "défaut" au déballage.

L'appairage ce fait bien sous Win 7 ou sur Android, dans les deux cas je l'utilise en position HID et elle passe sur tout les jeux que j'ai testé, j'ai pas encore essayé le logiciel Playground de Nyko sur Android car d’après ce que j'ai compris, cette application est destiné uniquement aux jeux à problèmes ou si les commandes ne vous conviennent vraiment pas.

De nombreux commentaires négatifs circulent sur le Google Play, j'avais des doutes sur la véracité des propos, il faut croire que la majorité des gens ne savent pas :

-Utiliser leur tablette/smartphone/smartTV.
-Appairer deux périphériques Bluetooth.
-Faire la différences entre norme HID et APP (norme propriétaire Nyko) ou au moins savoir qu'Android est nativement compatible HID (pas besoin de drivers, Playground n'est pas indispensable).
-Lire un mode d'emploi.
-Se remettre en question sur ses capacités à utiliser ce genre de matériel.
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Mr. Adam M. Lumber
4.0 out of 5 stars Good multipurpose controller, worked fine with Amazon Fire TV, also works with PC
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 15, 2015
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Good multipurpose controller. Purchased for the Amazon Fire TV - easy to setup and works ok with most apps, but controls are a bit mixed up for Minecraft PE. I later paired it to my Window 8 PC and used Pinnacle software to assign the controls to functions in Minecraft for PC full edition - works fine with that other than I have not yet managed to assign two of the minor buttons. Given that the controller is designed for Android, I was pleased that I could also map it to work with my PC (pleased on behalf of my kids who are the ones using it).
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