September 2026
One version number for every app from here on. This is what changed, and what each way of connecting can carry.
Switch Microphone on for a controller and the phone's mic becomes the pad's mic, so party chat on the PC hears you through the controller. The pad's speaker comes back to your phone in stereo. Mute stops the capture at the source: while muted, nothing leaves your device. Off until you turn it on. Needs Satellite on Windows and an emulated DualSense or DualShock 4.
Every Dish client can now pair with a Moonlight host directly and show up there as a controller. Buttons, sticks, motion, touchpad, rumble, and battery all make the trip.
The Linux client is off the roadmap and on the downloads page: .deb, .rpm, AppImage, and Flatpak, with the same pairing and the same feel as the Windows client. Steam Deck included.
Plug a DualSense, DualShock 4, or Switch Pro into the client over USB and the game drives it: lightbar color, player lights, the mute lamp, and DualSense adaptive triggers. On the phone, the on-screen pad shows the same things and buzzes for trigger rumble.
Slide along the trigger rail for a partial pull, or tap the top zone for a full press. The rail fills to show how far in you are.
Satellite for Windows can now show your games a DualSense or a Switch Pro, with motion, next to the Xbox and DualShock 4 pads it already offered.
Every app has the same Share crash reports switch, on by default, off with one tap. When the app crashes it sends a stack trace and the versions involved, and nothing else, ever. The desktop apps and Satellite use Sentry; Android uses Crashlytics. The privacy pages spell out exactly what a report holds.
Dish can send a controller to three kinds of host. Not every host can carry everything.
| Feature | Satellite | Sunshine, Apollo, Wolf | Bluetooth host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttons, sticks, triggers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gyro and motion | Yes | When the game asks | No |
| Touchpad | PlayStation pad | Yes | No |
| Rumble | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lightbar | PlayStation pad | Yes | No |
| Battery level | Yes | Yes | No |
| Adaptive triggers | PlayStation pad, Satellite on Windows | No | No |
| Player lights | Satellite on Windows | No | No |
| Microphone | PlayStation pad, Satellite on Windows | No | No |
| Speaker | PlayStation pad, Satellite on Windows | No | No |
On-screen pads in Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch styles, a Bluetooth or USB pad, the phone's own tilt as motion, the phone's mic and speaker for controller audio, and a Bluetooth gamepad mode for a console or TV box.
Get on Google PlayAny pad Windows already sees, plus USB-direct for DualSense, DualShock 4, Switch Pro, 8BitDo, and Steam Controller pads. A plugged-in DualSense uses its own headset mic and speaker. Updates itself.
Download for WindowsSame as Windows, on a desktop or Steam Deck. USB-direct needs the udev rule the .deb and .rpm install. Your package manager owns updates.
Download for LinuxEvery change, in plain language, lives in each repo's changelog.
Free, open source, and five minutes from download to first button press.