Octopus

Octopus is an application that lets us connect our Android smartphone or tablet to PC and video console peripherals such as gamepads or keyboards to play.

Play Android games with a keyboard, mouse or gamepad

There is a huge catalog of video games for Android and there are some really high quality titles: simulators, arcade games, adventure or role-playing games, puzzles... The only thing is that in many cases touchscreen controls are not the best option, to play them. That's why you might be interested in snagging a peripheral to be able to handle it more precisely.

Connect your PC or video console controller to your Android

Then you have two options: the first is to buy an Android gamepad (there are some really decent things out there) and the second is to make the most of the peripherals you already have at home, like your PC keyboard or your Xbox or PlayStation gamepads. In case you choose the second option, you could use an app like Octopus.

It's a tool capable of connecting our phone to an external controller through a wireless connection, so that we can use it in our games. How it works is very simple and offers us the following features and functions:

• Compatible with gamepads, keyboards and mouse devices.
• Assigns a default key to set a preset keyboard and controls configuration for 30 games.
• Cloud synchronization: save your configuration and use it on any device.
• Access games directly from the app via the Google Play Store.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 4.4.
• The app offers in-app purchases.