Google step into gaming Project Steams and leaked information Project Yeti Google’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) announcement, ChromeUnboxed company soon add Nintendo Switch Controller support to Google Chrome

ChromeUnboxed spotted at Chromium improve support for Nintendo Switch gamepads

This adds support for Nintendo Switch controllers through Gamepad API:

* Switch Pro (USB and Bluetooth)
* Joy-Con L (Bluetooth)
* Joy-Con R (Bluetooth)
* Joy-Con L+R (Bluetooth)
* Charging Grip (USB)

These devices require an initialization sequence that is not performed
by the host’s gamepad support or by the platform data fetcher. They also provide calibration data that is needed in order to correctly scale the thumbstick inputs.

This implementation replaces the experimental Switch Pro support on
Linux, which is removed in this CL.

The project still incomplete with some bugs

Google Snippet Bellow Chrome bug report:

“The Nintendo Switch Pro Controller can be paired over Bluetooth and used as a standard gamepad on desktop OSes. It is currently enumerated in Chrome but is unusable due to incorrect mappings for the D-pad and analog axes. Chrome should add a mapping for this popular device.

The Switch Pro controller is usable when connected by USB or Bluetooth,
but defaults to a Bluetooth-only mode. This CL adds methods for
recognizing Switch Pro controllers, sending the vendor-specific packets
used for USB initialization and haptics, and reading controller data
reports.”

There are more details will uncover at GDA, Google’s event will live from Gaming Developer Conference on March 19.