The Apple Thread

[jmtd]

At the moment, only the SN30 Pro+ can be used on an iPad Pro when hooked up via USB-C; bluetooth functionality does not work. 8bitdo has stated they are working on wireless functionality, which will hopefully extend to the rest of their peripherals.

OK, thanks. That's good news. I wonder if that means they're submitting themselves to the MFi programme, or whether Apple are relaxing that. I did hear someone theorize that they could work in xinput mode, where they pretend to be an Xbox controller. But I haven't tested anything.

[Jon]

OK, thanks. That's good news. I wonder if that means they're submitting themselves to the MFi programme, or whether Apple are relaxing that. I did hear someone theorize that they could work in xinput mode, where they pretend to be an Xbox controller. But I haven't tested anything.

I would say they're submitting themselves to Apple's MFi program. The iOS 13 update, released on September 19, added Playstation and XBOX controller support. You can go to the 8bitdo reddit and see all the complaints about things not working as they should: automatic unpairings, XInput displaying all buttons as 1,2,3, etc. rather than letters/symbols, trigger buttons not registering/working. I'm not convinced 8bitdo support is "intended" at this point, and it is more of a "oh, so that works".