To do that, Khaira had to build a team that all but worshipped the science and art of designing game controllers. They built a sequel to the Backbone One, launched in 2021.

The Backbone One is built to be more than just a controller for your mobile device. In fact, it's aimed at being your all-in-one controller when you're on the go.

A compact and powerful game controller that'll elevate your gaming experience on your Android smartphone. Grab it now for $30 ...

The Backbone One is an expandable snap-on controller exclusive to iPhone. To use it, you widen it up and put your phone between the grips, slotting the controller into the charge port to connect.

The new Backbone Pro controller features full-size joysticks, remappable back buttons and a more comfortable design, plus wireless play on PC, tablets, TVs and even VR headsets.

Along with the controller, you also get two extra rubber inserts that you can swap in for when you want to use the Backbone Pro when you have a case on your phone. In my experience, I was able to ...

The Backbone Pro is an unabashedly premium controller. But for its $169.99 ask, it inches close to the territory where you find first-party controllers from the console warlords.

The Backbone Plus subscription comes with a lot more benefits than just letting you use the controller with other devices. One impressive feature is that you’ll be able to stream to Twitch right ...

The Backbone One iPhone gaming controller gets Twitch integration, screen sharing, and more thanks to an upcoming update and paid service called Backbone+. The new update changes how the Backbone ...

Before founding Backbone, Khaira worked on gaming at Google, which had a similarly cross-platform, controller-centric idea about the future. It was called Stadia, and it is now, of course, dead.

The Backbone One is one of the very best mobile controllers for cloud and native gaming. On Wednesday, the company released the latest version of its award-winning controller.