PlayStation has great games. Games that I would love to take on the go with me – to different parts of my house and even on the road. In a recent review of PlayStation Remote Play, I noted, however, that the official Sony Remote Play app doesn’t work with the Razer Kishi, GameSir, and almost all other mobile controllers—except for the Backbone One PlayStation Edition, which features the PS logo, indicating Sony’s blessing. For other versions of the Backbone controller, you appear to be still out of luck – on Android at least.
Oddly, some of these controllers do work with PS Remote Play on iOS (not allowed to be as picky), but not Android – where only the official Backbone One PlayStation Edition works.
Given third-party remote-play apps support all controllers (see below), it’s clear that PlayStation could support these other controllers in the official PS Remote Play app, too, if it wanted to. It’s hard to imagine why Sony has this policy. However, they do now sell their own handheld – the PS Portal, which is limited to just the PlayStation ecosystem – that arguably competes with the likes of the other devices listed above.
In addition to not working with the popular mobile controllers mentioned above, the PlayStation Remote Play app also doesn’t work on devices like the Razer Edge and Ayn Odin. You can install the app on the device, but unfortunately, none of the controls on your handheld will work when accessing your remote PS4 or PS5. Logitech has introduced some clever workarounds for the G Cloud (see below), and the device now supports the official PS Remote Play app.
Regardless of Sony’s intention, the good news is that we are here to help you work around these limitations no matter what device you use.
Option 1 – PXPlay Community App
We love community solutions here at Cloud Dosage, and this one is great! Instead of using the official PlayStation Remote Play app, you can use a community-developed app (reverse-engineered) called PXPlay: Remote Play. The Android app costs $5.99, has been downloaded over 100K times and has a 4.8 star rating in the Google Play store.
While I know downloading apps from small developers on the Play Store makes some people nervous, this app has made many users happy. We’ve also tested it ourselves, and it definitely does what it says it does:
PXPlay offers you the possibility to remote control your PS console without limitations. You can play your favorite games remotely while you are away (more information below*). PSPlay has been optimized to provide streaming experiences with the lowest possible latency. Third-Party controllers and mobile data connections are supported.
I can’t promise that this app will continue to work indefinitely or that Sony won’t ask for its removal at some point. But, it is probably your best option for now when you want to use most of the controllers or devices listed above – such as a Razer Kishi or even the Logitech G Cloud.
Option 2 – Logitech to the Rescue
In late 2024, the Logitech G Cloud received an update that enabled the device to work around the issue with the official PS Remote Play app (which is now set up automatically).
Just before this, in previous updates to the G Cloud device post-release, Logitech added a clever feature – the ability to map button presses from its controls to touch events on the screen. While this can also be helpful for some Android games with touch controls but no controller support, the main target of this was likely the Sony Remote Play app.
When this was first released, the folks over at gamesradar.com showed how you could use this advanced key mapping feature to enable the official PlayStation Remote Play App to work.
In 2025 and beyond, though, Logitech has done all this work mapping the buttons for you, and the PS Remote Play app now “just works” with the handheld.
The only downside of this approach is that the on-screen virtual controller may still be visible from time to time while you play. Unfortunately, this can be a bit distracting and covers up parts of the gameplay. But, you can turn it off in the PS Remote Play App settings – click the gear icon.
Conclusions
So, there you have it – two ways of working around Sony’s limitations for Remote Play on third-party controllers and handheld devices. While the first applies to many different devices such as the Razer Kishi, Non-PS versions of the Backbone, Logitech G Cloud and Ayn Odin, the latter is a clever workaround developed by Logitech for the G Cloud.
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