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Title: Google Chrome Adding Support For Nintendo Switch Gamepads
Post by: javajolt on March 15, 2019, 10:36:57 AM

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You will soon be able to use the Nintendo Switch gamepads to control online games in Google Chrome using the GamePad API.

The GamePad API (http://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad_API/Using_the_Gamepad_API) is an API that allows users to interact directly with web applications using a gamepad plugged into their PC. This could be used for numerous applications such as online gaming, virtual reality, or accessibility.

In January 2018, a Chromium bug report was created to add support for the Nintendo Switch Pro controller so that it could be used with the Gamepad API.

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Chrome Bug Report

In a recent update to this bug report, a new Chromium Gerrit commit (http://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/1510080) was created that adds better support to a variety of Nintendo Switch controllers that are connected to a computer via USB or Bluetooth.

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This adds support for Nintendo Switch controllers through Gamepad API:
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* Switch Pro (USB and Bluetooth)
* Joy-Con L (Bluetooth)
* Joy-Con R (Bluetooth)
* Joy-Con L+R (Bluetooth)
* Charging Grip (USB)

This commit is currently waiting for a review before it can make it to the main Chromium development branch.

For those who want to learn more about how to use the GamePad API, you can take a look at these guides from Mozilla (http://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad_API/Using_the_Gamepad_API) and the working draft (http://w3c.github.io/gamepad/).

BleepingComputer has also created sample HTML with JavaScript that you can use to read the ID of a connected gamepad after you press a button. This sample can be found here (http://pastebin.com/jRhiyyLj) or at this JSFiddle (http://jsfiddle.net/nyz9u2wd/).

While adding Nintendo Switch gamepad support to Google Chrome makes sense, others have been playing with the Nintendo Switch for more bizarre reasons. For example, earlier this month a developer has started working on a way to install Windows 10 on a Nintendo Switch.

source (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-adding-support-for-nintendo-switch-gamepads/)