The add-on is clever in concept and aesthetic, filling the gap between grips with an easy-to-access keyboard.

Instead, your fingers are jammed up against the flat rear of the keypad.

The headphone jack also serves another purpose by routing all sound through the keypad.

A Ps5 controller and an Xbox controller with keyboard.

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Unfortunately, the keypads speaker is of a notably tinny low quality.

It didnt need to be this way.

The DualSenses speaker is located below its touchpad and therefore isnt obfuscated by this unit.

A PlayStation 5 DualSense controller with mini keypad connected.

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Given that these keypads are controller-specific, the unnecessary inclusion of this hinge only leads to frustration.

Bottom of a clip-on controller keypad.

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