{"id":369813,"date":"2017-07-26T02:45:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T18:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/07\/25\/kanex-goplay-sidekick-now-available\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T02:45:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T18:45:42","slug":"kanexs-goplay-sidekick-pocket-sized-game-controller-for-iphone-ipad-and-apple-tv-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/kanexs-goplay-sidekick-pocket-sized-game-controller-for-iphone-ipad-and-apple-tv-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanex&#8217;s GoPlay Sidekick Pocket-Sized Game Controller for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kanex today announced availability of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanex.com\/goplay-sidekick\">GoPlay Sidekick<\/a> wireless game controller for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. The pocket-sized controller, introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/01\/04\/kanex-goplay-sidekick\/\">at CES 2017<\/a>, can be purchased from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanex.com\/goplay-sidekick\">Kanex&#8217;s website<\/a> starting today for $59.95. A company spokesperson told MacRumors it will also be available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kanex-Sidekick-Portable-Wireless-Controller\/dp\/B071J3FJNX\/\">Amazon<\/a> next week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/01\/kanex-goplay-sidekick-800x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"290\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-541690\"\/><br \/>The console-inspired game controller features pressure-sensitive buttons, dual analog joysticks, trigger buttons, a directional pad, and a Lightning connector, while one of its more interesting features is its patent pending protective clamshell case with an integrated stand that props up an iPhone during gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>The controller, certified under Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/programs\/mfi\/\">MFi Program<\/a>, connects to Apple devices over Bluetooth 4.0 and offers up to 20 hours of gameplay on a single charge. It works with almost any controller-supported game on the App Store.<\/p>\n<p>Competing products sold by Apple include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/product\/HJ162ZM\/A\/steelseries-nimbus-wireless-gaming-controller\">SteelSeries Nimbus Wireless Gaming Controller<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/product\/HJ172ZM\/A\/horipad-ultimate-wireless-game-controller\">HORIPAD ULTIMATE Wireless Game Controller<\/a>, each $49.95 in the United States. Prices vary in other countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanex today announced availability of its GoPlay Sidekick wireless game controller for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. The pocket-sized controller, introduced at CES 2017, can be purchased from Kanex&#8217;s website starting today for $59.95. A company spokesperson told MacRumors it will also be available on Amazon next week. The console-inspired game controller features pressure-sensitive buttons, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":369814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-369813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}