Apple is reportedly working on iPhone game controllers
He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand. Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time. But last week, MacRumors reported finding two references in macOS 26.7’s code to two game controllers identified as first-party devices.Despite the code being found in macOS, not iOS, Gurman says the controllers are designed for iPhones.
- ▪He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand.
- ▪Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time.
- ▪But last week, MacRumors reported finding two references in macOS 26.7’s code to two game controllers identified as first-party devices.Despite the code being found in macOS, not iOS, Gurman says the controllers are designed for iPhones.
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