
It might seem somewhat expensive at £100, but the Backbone One’s true value goes well beyond offering a very good set of physical controls for your iOS gaming sessions.

The Backbone One is an iPhone controller that successfully joins the dots between the disparate gaming experiences that are available through Apple’s smartphone.
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The Backbone One was also bundled with a 3-month trial of Xbox Game Pass. The Backbone One controller was added to the "designed for Xbox" partner hardware program and was made available for purchase through the Microsoft Store. In June 2021, the company partnered with Microsoft to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to iOS devices. In March 2021, Backbone partnered with Nvidia to certify Backbone One as a recommended controller for their cloud gaming service GeForce Now. Backbone One launched alongside the Backbone app on October 27, 2020. The company financed the production of its first product, Backbone One, through investments from MrBeast, Preston Arsement, Kwebbelkop, Typical Gamer, Night Media, Nadeshot, as well as Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures. Khaira started the company to develop a more cohesive way to play games on mobile platforms. The Backbone One was developed by Backbone Labs, Inc., a company founded by CEO Maneet Khaira in mid-2018 while a student at Columbia University in New York. Backbone One is featured as a recommended gamepad for Nvidia's cloud gaming service, GeForce Now. Applications from the App Store that support the MFi standard in control schemes will allow for use with Backbone One. The Backbone One controller is rated as an Apple certified MFi controller. Recordings are saved directly to the Backbone app with the option to later edit and share over social media and iMessage from within the app.
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The app features the ability to record gameplay up to 1080p at 30fps with a 20Mbit/s bitrate. Up to 8 friends can join Backbone parties, which function as private voice chat rooms. The app utilizes rich presence notifications to inform players when a friend plugs in a Backbone One or has invited them to a party chat. It features a "friends" list and allows players to add other Backbone players and view their online and in-game statuses. On October 27, 2020, Backbone released the Backbone app, which features content creation tools and social features focused on controller-supported iOS applications and game streaming platforms.
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Software functions like screen capture, launching the Backbone app, and muting the microphone are mapped to physical buttons on the device.


It features a 3.5mm audio jack, which supports headsets with microphones and a Lightning port that can be used for pass-through charging. The controller is operated by inserting an iPhone between the two handles of the device and connecting the iPhone's Lightning connector. The Backbone One controller was designed in collaboration with Astro Studios and is supported by iPhone models from the iPhone 6S and running iOS 13 or later.
