Dear patrons, today's release once again focuses on improving the overall user experience, bringing some love to the freshly released MSI Claw 7, 8 and younger sister the MSI Claw 1. We've also fixed a few remaining crashes and addr...
2025-06-21 15:02:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons, today's release is a minor update aiming at fixing a regression from build 0.24.0.15 but it also brings support over AMD latest CPU architectures: Krackan Point, Strix Halo and tentatively fixes the virtual controller ...
2025-06-15 13:28:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons, our latest version 0.24.0.9 has truly marked an important milestone for us, paving the way for what's to come for HC in terms of user experience and library management. Although there is still much to do before we can consol...
Dear patreons, we've come a long way since August 6, 2024, when Casper first suggested we implement a library manager into Handheld Companion. In today's post, I'll be disclosing some of the recent additions to the application and efforts...
Dear all, with our latest early access build out there and on Casper's request, we'll now begin our journey towards embedded launcher and library management.
What you're seeing here is an early prototype of the IGDB API integration which we'll be using to recover details from games including name, summary, artworks and...
Dear patrons, in this new version of Handheld Companion (HC), we've improved the overall user experience, corrected a large number of reported bugs and issues, improved stability and finally added support for the MSI Claw 8.
The title says it all, we've officially started working on MSI Claw 8 support over Handheld Companion. With support from beta testers and Antheas from Bazzite project, we're undergoing code/protocol analysis on the Claw 8 to figure out how it works. I'll be sharing some of our progresses below.
Dear patreons, it has only been a few days since we released our last build which means no major features were implemented but instead we've been working on improving the overall quality of life and fixed as many bugs as we could.<...
Dear patreons, while we were already at work on the next build, we unveiled a series of issues and crashes and decided to publish this hotfix release which also comes with one new feature which should mostly be of interest for our Intel CP...
Dear patreons, patreon build is out! This update brings significant improvements, including faster AutoTDP responsiveness, an enhanced Layout Manager with new input translation features, smarter gyroscope calibration, and optimized perform...
Dear patreons, we're back with another update, two weeks outside our usual Patreon rhythm—but for good reason! This release brings major improvements to performance, stability, and overall user experience.
Dear all, while we're on deck trying to fix the last major known issue, memory leak, I'd like to share some details on the update our input manager just received.
As you may know, multiple actions per button have been around for quit...
2025-02-12 18:34:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patreons, on popular demand, we've added several new settings to the joysticks layout settings.
Output shape will let you define the circularity output of the controller.
Default, will leave the joystick output unaltered.
Circle, wi...
2025-02-01 09:15:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Handheld Companion (HC) has been in development for over 4 years, totaling more than 2834 commits and 36 contributors. At the dawn of 2025, we'd like to hear from you.
A...
2025-01-16 14:46:14 +0000 UTC View Post
As we work on the 0.22.0.6 build, which will feature a few more bug fixes, we'd like to showcase the revamped Desktop Layout hotkey which has became Controller Mode.
Controll...
2025-01-11 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patreons, being only three days late, we're finally releasing our 2025 new year build which implements a lot of bug fixes and greatly improved controller management. Please take a moment to read the below.
Dear patreons, once again, today is release day. With 0.22.0.3 we're implementing a few Quality of Life (QoL) improvements and bug fixes.
We've been reading reports from Steam Deck users across both 2024-12-08 10:18:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patreons, today is release day and it's a big one. As you may have noticed, the build number jumped from 0.21 to 0.22 because of major additions and code overhauls across the platform.
Released early November, 2024-11-30 10:44:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Introducing a new feature of the upcoming early access version 0.22.0.0, Mode Shift also known as Input Shift. This new feature will let you define several input shift modes and specific actions for each of your buttons, multiplying the number of potential outputs by a lot.
In the ...
2024-11-15 13:19:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Teasing another element of the forthcoming early access build, bringing the ability to reorder pinned hotkeys on Quicktools window through drag & drop.
2024-11-12 13:26:59 +0000 UTC View Post
As we're about to jump into the weekend, I'd like to share a bit of details on what we're currently working on. While we've been adding new features and bugfixes with each new releases, ressource usage and loading time might also have slightly increased.
With the forthcoming 0.21.7.1 build, we've started rewriting the ...
GPD Win Max2 8840U Model (by DevLord).
Lenovo Legion Go: Now has proper touchpad support.
GameSir Tatantula Pro (Gyro, 9 customizable buttons and LED).
<... 2024-10-26 17:36:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear all, thanks to community effort, we're finally bringing you the long-awaited compatibility with the Asus ROG Ally X with patreon build 0.21.6.1.
Dear all, I know many of you are eagerly waiting for Handheld Companion to be compatible with the ASUS ROG Ally X. Good news, it appears we're now almost there.
As I'm writing those lines, patreons are testing an internal build and reported near perfect compatibility. We're sorting a few remaining details like backgrou...
Dear patreons, another release, another milestone. Hopefully you'll enjoy the fact this release lands on a Friday to help you unleash your gaming skills through the weekend, whether it's to kill xenos and heretics or to save Hyrule ...
2024-09-27 12:54:59 +0000 UTC View PostDear all, it's been a bit more than a month since we released 0.21.4.1. We've been hard at work to implementing a few major functionalities, among which a totally revamped Hotkey manager, offering a lot more flexibility and capabilities to customize your handheld experience. We've also improved the support for a few devices, ...
2024-08-11 08:09:10 +0000 UTC View Post
While we've released the 0.21.4.1 build two days ago, we wanted to share some visibility on two parallel workstreams we're working on.
Casper and Xirdneth have been working really hard in what might finally be our actual embed...
2024-07-08 08:28:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Release notes
This release should bring joy to many users as we're finally delivering a total overhaul of our Quicktools interface. We've brought back the highly requested navigation buttons for an improved user expe...
2024-07-05 13:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Release notesThis release brings stability and performance improvements across all devices with a slight focus on the Lenovo Legion Go, drastically reducing CPU usage on controller pulling also fixing gyro late...
2024-06-08 09:33:02 +0000 UTC View Post
With 0.21.2.0 made available two days ago, this build is focusing on hotfixing a few issues and regressions. This release should provide a fairly stable experience across all devices as we've also fixed a few crash issues. Let's mov...
2024-05-29 13:42:44 +0000 UTC View Post
