Microsoft Patents Controller for Mobile/Portables

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Microsoft might be developing a new input overlay that will allow mobile gamers to play games with controller attachment. A new patent application from the tech giant details a ‘removable game controllers’ for mobile devices.

Spotted by us, the patent titled ‘Charging device for removable input modules’ was filed by Redmond-based Microsoft in 2017 and published by USPTO on July 9, 2019. The patent applications and drawings detail a removable controller for mobile/handheld devices (such as smartphones, tablet computers, portable games consoles).
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1. Microsoft patents detachable controllers for mobile, portable devices
2. Microsoft prototypes Xbox controllers for phones and tablets (update)
 
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