A cool but compromised mobile game controller
• Plug-in cooling The GameSir X3 has a Peltier cooling fan, which much be plugged in to draw heat away from your handset. • Compatibility with all USB-C phones You can connect the GameSire G8 Galileo to... ...all Android phones and the new iPhone 15 range via USB-C, though the latter isn’t officially supported through the app. • Custom UI The GameSir app offers a window onto all of your installed games and streaming services. ✔ Unique active cooling system.
✔ Chunky, comfortable holding position.
✔ Flexible control set-ups ❌ Need to plug in for cooling.
❌ Janky, unintuitive software.
❌ Controls don’t feel the most premium You want a controller that keeps your phone cool If the thing that spoils your mobile gaming the most is an overheating phone, the GameSir X3 is the controller for you with its dedicated Peltier cooling system. The GameSir X3 is big, heavy, and you need to plug it in to a wall socket if you want to take advantage of its standout feature. The GameSir X3 offers something distinctive to the increasingly congested mobile game controller scene, but its Peltier cooling system comes with a few too many trade-offs. It makes the X3 bulky and adversely affects handset compatibility, while the requirement to plug the controller in to get that fan whirring into life isn’t an ideal situation for an ostensibly mobile device. Of course, ultra-portability isn’t the be all and end all with mobile controllers, but the quality of the controls themselves isn’t quite up to the very best on the market.