Android 17 update could bring some major new gaming features like support for remapping the buttons on your favorite gamepad.

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Archos’s GamePad is a 7-inch Android 4.0 tablet with embedded hardware gaming controls coming this October. The company says it will have “automatic game recognition and mapping.” Archos’s GamePad is ...

Ayaneo is no stranger to Android handhelds, but now it’s turning attention towards an arguably less competitive landscape: smartphones.

Archos has announced a 7" Android tablet targeted directly to hardcore gamers who prefer physical buttons and joysticks over touchscreen controls. Dubbed the "GamePad," the tablet supports game ...

ARCHOS has announced the price and release date of its new GamePad device that brings physical controls to Android gaming. That price is €149.99 (US$196) and that release date is now – provided you ...

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Google has its own Android microconsole platform coming later this year on a variety of set-top boxes and televisions, which means it will need its own gaming controller. It looks like it has one ...

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