{"id":611,"date":"2025-06-24T17:08:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/8bitdos-controllers-will-work-with-the-switch-2-after-a-firmware-update\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:08:19","slug":"8bitdos-controllers-will-work-with-the-switch-2-after-a-firmware-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/8bitdos-controllers-will-work-with-the-switch-2-after-a-firmware-update\/","title":{"rendered":"8BitDo\u2019s controllers will work with the Switch 2 after a firmware update"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth Controller surrounded by various devices, including the Nintendo Switch and a laptop.\" data-caption=\"You can use many of 8BitDo\u2019s wireless controllers with the Switch 2 following a simple firmware update. | Image: 8BitDo\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: 8BitDo\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/8bitdo_ultimate.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tYou can use many of 8BitDo\u2019s wireless controllers with the Switch 2 following a simple firmware update. | Image: 8BitDo\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">8BitDo announced that eight of its flagship controllers are now compatible with the Nintendo Switch 2 following a firmware update.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Although some companies had early access to the Switch 2\u2019s specs to build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/680463\/belkin-nintendo-switch-2-charging-case-battery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accessories like cases and screen protectors<\/a>, many had to wait until launch day to ensure their devices were compatible with the new console.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">8BitDo has an extensive line of controllers that are already compatible with the original Switch, including an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/667919\/8bitdo-all-button-hitbox-leverless-arcade-controller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all-button arcade controller<\/a> launching in July. The new firmware update is available for the following models:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ultimate 2 Bluetooth Controller<\/li>\n<li>Ultimate Bluetooth Controller<\/li>\n<li>Ultimate 2C Bluetooth Controller<\/li>\n<li>Ultimate C Bluetooth Controller<\/li>\n<li>Pro 2 Bluetooth Gamepad<\/li>\n<li>SN30 Pro Bluetooth Gamepad<\/li>\n<li>USB Wireless Adapter 2<\/li>\n<li>USB Wireless Adapter<\/li>\n<li>Arcade Controller<\/li>\n<li>Arcade Stick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The company said more updates are coming soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">8BitDo provides multiple tools for updating the firmware on its controllers. There\u2019s an <a href=\"https:\/\/support.8bitdo.com\/firmware-updater.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upgrade app available for macOS and Windows PCs<\/a> that downloads and installs new firmware when a controller is connected to the computer with a USB cable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">You can also use <a href=\"https:\/\/support.8bitdo.com\/ultimate\/ultimate-bluetooth-controller.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8BitDo Ultimate Software<\/a> for Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices, or the newer <a href=\"https:\/\/app.8bitdo.com\/Ultimate-Software-V2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8BitDo Ultimate Software V2<\/a>, which is only available for Windows and macOS. You can check which version of the Ultimate Software that your 8BitDo controller is compatible with on the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong><em>Update, June 24th: <\/em><\/strong><em>Added the 8BitDo Arcade Controller and Arcade Stick to the list of compatible controllers.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can use many of 8BitDo\u2019s wireless controllers with the Switch 2 following a simple firmware update. | Image: 8BitDo [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}