4.0 out of 5 stars No Apple arcadec for me.

N. · June 15, 2025

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4.0 out of 5 stars Many improvements but some small bugs to resolve

C. · June 16, 2025

Here’s my honest review! I’m totally impressed with this thing, hopefully the bugs can be worked out. I originally used the kishi v1 with xbox game pass and it was okay, this v3 has made a ton of changes since. It’s less compact, but I think it holds the phone more comfortably. The grips are much, much larger which is easier to hold, but still slightly small for my adult hands. They will ask you to download Razer software on your PC, don’t do it! You just need their iOS app(for iPhone ofcourse) Steam and you can use Steam link, built in, to stream from your PC if that’s what you want to do. Playing over Mesh wifi at home, Zero lag! I was so impressed with valve’s work i this field. My only gripe is sometimes the controller will stop registering certain buttons. I’m not sure who’s at fault, but this can totally ruin your session. I did make sure it was setup correctly in Steam Link, there’s even a test mode. For some reason, some games just stop accepting the inputs. By v3, these issues should be solved, but anyways, that is my experience with the device. It is potentially game changing.

Perfect controller for phones and smaller tablets!

A.C. · June 15, 2025

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