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Nintendo Switch Controller Support Is Coming to Google Chrome

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Nintendo Switch controllers will soon be supported by Google Chrome as part of the computing giant’s plans for gaming.

As spotted by 9to5Google, a section of Chromium’s source code Gerrit (a collaboration tool for developers to review code modification) features a section titled “Improve support for Nintendo Switch gamepads”, in which it is clearly explained that Google intends to add native support for Joy-Cons and the Switch Pro controller to their Gamepad API.

The section details that the API will support the both the Pro controller and Joy-Cons through Bluetooth and direct USB connection, and that the Joy-Cons can be used in both individual and paired configurations. It also notes that the API would replace the experimental Linux support for the Pro controller.

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