Razer Kishi V2 Pro Mobile Gaming Controller for Android: HyperSense Haptics - Universal Fit - Stream PC & Console Games - Play Touchscreen Only Games - Compatible w/Samsung Galaxy & Google Pixel

I don't really do reviews, but wanted to address the concerns I had prior to purchase. I've had the Razer Kishi for Android for 2-3 months now. It has no internal battery to worry about. Plugs straight into your phone via USB-C and has a USB-C port for passthrough charging while playing. Will it fit with your case? I highly doubt it. I have a Galaxy S22+ with a Speck Presidio case. Pretty standard on thickness. The thing is, it fits into the controller if you change to the smaller rubber pieces. The problem is the USB-C on the controller isn't long enough to insert all the way. I mean it's not even close. I have to remove the case for it to work. I was prepared for this when I purchased. This is the one disappointment I have with the design. Razer should have had a longer USB-C plug with one more replaceable rubber fitting to accommodate most phone cases. You download an app and open the game through the app. For games that have controller support, that's it. If the game doesn't have controller support, this app has a virtual controller you can set up unique to each and every game. This was a big reason why I picked this one. It works by emulating taps and swipes on your phone screen. It really is very adaptable and will greatly increase your gaming quality of life if you want to use a controller. Where the virtual controller fails is when buttons move on the screen. Think along the lines of battle controls vs town controls. This hasn't been an issue for me. It just means sometimes having to actually click a button on the screen. I don't use a controller a lot, but this one makes it a whole lot more convenient than my old one. It's light, slim, I don't have to connect bluetooth, and there's no battery to worry about. It was $60 when I bought it and I have no regrets.

Connects to most games and has passthrough charging and audio jack. Controller is comfortable and tactile and feels premium. Phone doesn't fit into it without taking off the case.

The two things that make this one less appealing is the size & the tactile clicks. It’s disappointing that the bridge on this model slides instead of collapses like its predecessor, it’s not as good for traveling. All of the buttons have microswitches which is cool for a real game controller but completely unnecessary on something as casual as this. I primarily use these controllers in public or while I’m in bed with my girlfriend, so the constant clicking is very undesirable. But it feels very nice to hold, and it looks premium. I appreciate the two new extra remappable buttons, even though I haven’t had a reason to utilize them yet. It has an app that is surprisingly nice, it functions as a great game launcher for iPhone. I have no regrets about buying this, but that’s only because I still have the original one, this version is definitely not EDC worth. For most people I would 100% recommend the Kishi V1 instead, it’s much more stealthy due to its smaller form factor & quieter buttons, it’s cheaper, and performs equally as well. The only practical upgrade on the V2 are the extra shoulder buttons. The Razer Nexus app is much better than the original Kishi app, but you’ll probably never have a reason to use either of them.

Sooo many buttons. Bought it for GF and she used it twice. Lol

Really impressed with the controller, especially at the sale price of 45 dollars. Truly brings a handheld console-like experience to your android device, given that it's powerful enough. The Nexus app integrates really well with android, simple, intuitive, and responsive. The pass through charging is very convenient. Game support is generally good, but may be hit or miss depending on the game's support, but the top games usually works well. Input lag is minimal as expected. The buttons are clicky and overall fits well in my average-to-small hands. Only real issues is finding the right combination of risers to fit with your smartphone. My pixel 8's camera bump forced me to go without any risers on the bump side, and the regular padded one on the USB port side.

The first time I bought one of these I had to return it because the left analog stick wouldn't click and barely had any travel. It seemed fine other than that so I took a chance on a used one here, and it was fine UNTIL about 3 months later when it started to develop left stick drift. These came out mid 2022, so even though I got an Amazon Warehouse item, at the MOST this was only 8 months old. Not even a year. Being a controller player, drift is something you get used to, and I could deal with it until today when my character started to move unbearably slow. Now the real issue. I knew this controller used joycon style modules, which are REALLY easy to change out. Two screws and a ribbon cable, done. EXCEPT.... just so happens Razer decided to SOLDER THE MODULE TO THE BOARD, and I don't mean just to hold it in place. Instead of a ribbon cable there is an entire series of pins soldered directly into the board. I also opened up the module since it was already a lost cause as soon as I saw the soldered pins. Yep, same wear that you see in a joycon. The wear on joycon modules goes back WAY before 2022. You'd think they'd leave the ribbon cable so these could be easily swapped out. I don't know if the intent was to make you "just buy a new one", but the result for me is "I will never buy another controller from Razer again". There are a few pro's: -comes in a nice box -lightweight -M buttons are in a nice spot Cons -terrible choice to solder known defective modules when they're already widely available as plug and play. -HORRIBLE ergonomics. This was the most uncomfortable thing I've ever used. I went and got some joycon grips and figured out a way to attach them. (joycons also have terrible ergonomics, this is why other companies make grips) Ok the following are a little outside of the item's purpose but worth noting. -cannot map the app button (this ends up a wasted button since you can just open the app on your phone) -cannot assign keyboard keys -zero PC support (works on PC but you need to figure out yourself how to get it working, and don't bother, it's not worth your time for this thing) Yes you can find some third party programs to assign different keys and presses, but these are things I'd expect to see natively on a Razer product. Any mobile/cloud games that would take issue with keyboard keys being assigned wouldn't have them as a valid input to begin with, so I don't see the point of these limitations. It's almost like they just took all the worst things about a joycon, and made some of them even worse, and then put their name on it. in fact, if this were a debate, any for argument making a compromise, I would confidently respond with "but this is a Razer product". I'm sorry I know I wrote a lot but this was just a VERY bad experience. We have 3 pc's in our home with quite a few Razer peripherals attached, so this was very disappointing. There was a lot I put up with using this controller and getting it to work, but the pin soldered modules is the last straw. Maybe you feel the same, or maybe you now know some potential issues and these either don't apply to you, or you are willing to deal with them. Either way hope this helped, and best of luck to you all. But personally, I do not want to see or think about this controller ever again.

First, the good. It fits on my Pixel 7 and even works with my Bellinger case. The buttons feel nice, and it more or less works out of the box with any app with controller support. It's not terribly stable because it's held in place by light pressure, but I've never had it fall off or anything. As a controller that turns my phone into a handheld console, I have no real complaints. Now the bad. Less than a month in, the right thumbstick broke off. At first, it wasn't a huge deal. I just popped it back in. But over time, it got looser and looser, until it finally wouldn't go back in at all. There's a tiny piece of plastic inside the mechanism that broke loose and eventually just snapped right off, rendering it unusable. Not once did I drop it or hit it. This was either a manufacturing defect or damage from shipping. No problem, right? Razer has a 1 year warranty. This isn't even a month in, so they'll just swap it out, easy peasy. Wrong. It took me three weeks of emails to their support team for them to finally, graciously, allow me to RMA the thing. Except their RMA form is broken. I told them about it and they said they'd have someone manually RMA it. That never happened. When I told them it never happened, they responded by sending another RMA form, which as previously mentioned is broken. It's like no humans work there, just a series of increasingly poorly-programmed robots. Maybe you'll get lucky and get one that doesn't arrive broken, in which case you'll have a great little device that does exactly what you expect. But personally, I'm never buying another Razer product again.

My son loves it