Steam adds PS5 controller support


Valve has officially announced that the PS5’s dual sense controller is now supported in Steam. Games using the Steam Input API can now recognize the controller and display the correct button prompts. They will also be able to access the dualsense’s LED, trackpad, rumble and gyro features, although there is no mention of support for its adaptive triggers. The functionality is currently available in Steam’s public beta client, with plans for full release “after further testing.”

Over the past two weeks Steam has been slowly bringing support to Dual Sense. It started by adding support for the controller itself, before adding and improving compatibility with its advanced features like trackpad, rumble and gyro. There is no mention of the official declaration of valves dyualasensana adaptive triggers remain absent, which allows it to offer fur trigger resistance changing amount with some truly excellent results.

Thanks to the update, games using the Steam input API should now work with the PS5 controller without the need for individual game developers. ડ્યુઅલ સેન્સ એ 200 થી વધુ નિયંત્રકોમાં શામેલ છે કે જે API દ્વારા સપોર્ટેડ છે, જેમાં નિન્ટેન્ડો સ્વિચ પ્રો કંટ્રોલર અને પીએસ 4 નો ડ્યુઅલ શોક 4 જેવા વધુ પરંપરાગત નિયંત્રકો ઉપરાંત રેસ વ્હીલ્સ અને ડાન્સ પેડ્સ પણ શામેલ છે.

According to Valve, the amount of players who use controllers to play PC games instead of mouse and keyboard has more than doubled in the last two years, with a large increase in people using PlayStation controllers.

For now, if you want to try out the functionality for yourself, you have to enter the Steam Client Beta. The controller can be connected via Bluetooth or via a USB-C cable.