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Landguy on 12 February 2015

Per the   ITWorld Article:

 

Unofficial app brings Playstation 4 Remote Play access to a variety of Android devices

Android 5.0.2 and it works as advertised. I did have to fiddle around a bit to make the initial connection (a combination of turning on direct connection to the PS4 and entering a code versus just letting the app find my console did the trick) but once app and console had been introduced connections happened quickly and reliably.

Once connected you see the screen of your PS4 with virtual on-screen controls. If you hold the device in portrait mode you'll see a view of the screen at the top and virtual controls below. In landscape mode the virtual controls are on top of your view of the game you're playing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are ways to pair a DualShock 4 controller with your Android device, including a convoluted system that uses two different PSN accounts. Rather than try to describe it I'll just leave this video for you. Towards the end it talks about pairing a controller. There are also apps that support pairing a DualShock 4 with your device, but they require your device to be rooted.

Anyway if you want to give this a try, you can grab the Unofficial Remote Play App from the XDA Developers forum.  I downloaded the .apk file on my desktop, copied it to my Dropbox account, then opened the Dropbox app on my Android device and installed the .apk file from there. (You will have to enable sideloading apps, of course.)

We'll see what Sony thinks of all this. Hopefully they'll choose to ignore it rather than trying to issue a cease and desist or worse, start issuing patches in an attempt to break it. Time will tell, I suppose.

 

Source : http://www.itworld.com/article/2883239/unofficial-app-brings-playstation-4-remote-play-access-to-a-variety-of-android-devices.html



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IFireflyl on 12 February 2015

You know they're going to patch this or something. Why would they let Android users have access to something for free when they can buy the Playstation Vita?



 

Xenostar on 12 February 2015
IFireflyl said:

You know they're going to patch this or something. Why would they let Android users have access to something for free when they can buy the Playstation Vita?


Huh theyve had an official android app for a long time, just not available on all handsets. 



IFireflyl on 12 February 2015
Xenostar said:
IFireflyl said:

You know they're going to patch this or something. Why would they let Android users have access to something for free when they can buy the Playstation Vita?


Huh theyve had an official android app for a long time, just not available on all handsets. 

For remote play...?

EDIT: I found what you're talking about. That's for their (Sony's) phones and tablets. They won't let this be a thing for everyone else.



 

Dgc1808 on 12 February 2015
IFireflyl said:
Xenostar said:
IFireflyl said:

You know they're going to patch this or something. Why would they let Android users have access to something for free when they can buy the Playstation Vita?


Huh theyve had an official android app for a long time, just not available on all handsets. 

For remote play...?

EDIT: I found what you're talking about. That's for their (Sony's) phones and tablets. They won't let this be a thing for everyone else.

Just a small note: SONY laptops also offered remote play.



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IFireflyl on 12 February 2015
Dgc1808 said:
IFireflyl said:

For remote play...?

EDIT: I found what you're talking about. That's for their (Sony's) phones and tablets. They won't let this be a thing for everyone else.

Just a small note: SONY laptops also offered remote play.

That makes sense. I like the unified experience they are striving for with their products.



 

Xenostar on 12 February 2015
IFireflyl said:
Xenostar said:
IFireflyl said:

You know they're going to patch this or something. Why would they let Android users have access to something for free when they can buy the Playstation Vita?


Huh theyve had an official android app for a long time, just not available on all handsets. 

For remote play...?

EDIT: I found what you're talking about. That's for their (Sony's) phones and tablets. They won't let this be a thing for everyone else.

They will eventually once they realise no one is going to buy a sony phone just because it has remote play, Sony Makes games for Android now, theres no way they will keep remote play exclusive forever.