Bluetooth Gamepad

Skeeter · 23 May 2015 at 23:23

What do you recommend as a decent Bluetooth gamepad, specifically to use with a HP Stream 7 tablet running Windows 8.1, or perhaps an android tablet? I'm after something decent, and also that 'just works'. I've given up trying to use a PS3 pad as I've had no luck.

spoffle · 23 May 2015 at 23:26

PS4 pads work very well and easily. They connect via Bluetooth natively, then you can use some software called DS4windows to set it up.

shankly1985 · 23 May 2015 at 23:50

I use PS3 pad with SCP Driver with Bluetooth works very well for me. The key here I believe is getting a compatible USB Bluetooth adapter. on Rain forest I use Kinivo BTD-400 Bluetooth 4.0

spoffle · 23 May 2015 at 23:52

For the PS4 one, any Bluetooth adapter will work

shankly1985 · 23 May 2015 at 23:58

You sure I thought for Bluetooth pads needs least V2.1+EDR..

Monkeynut · 24 May 2015 at 01:09

shankly1985 said:
You sure I thought for Bluetooth pads needs least V2.1+EDR..

Pretty much everything supports this, I even got a poundshop bluetooth dongle that did 2.1 and EDR!

Skeeter · 24 May 2015 at 07:31

That's my problem with the PS3 pad, the inbuilt Bluetooth doesn't seem to support it. Has anyone got a PS4 pad working with a Stream 7? I should have added that this needs to work with the inbuilt Bluetooth not a dongle.

Skeeter · 25 May 2015 at 22:47

Doing some Googling suggests that getting the best compatibility with games means making whatever pad I have emulate an Xbox pad. This may make using a PS4 pad a bit confusing if the screen prompts don't work, so I may be better getting an Xbox styled 3rd party Bluetooth pad?

Has anyone tried a Nyko Playpad or Playpad Pro?