Tap it, and your Android will begin to pair with the Joy-Con automatically. If connecting both Joy-Con, repeat this process again for the second. Open up your smartphone's camera.

You place one of your Joy-Cons on a flat, stable surface and point it “towards the area you want to protect.” If someone breaks the invisible beam emitted by the Joy-Con, the app will sound an ...

Your Joy-Con can be used to keep intruders at bay, with a new Spy Alarm app from Nintendo. The app will be released on May 27.

But it turns out that’s not all the Joy-Con system is good for. You can also use the controllers with Mac, Windows, or Android devices.

Spy Alarm The Spy Alarm app for the Nintendo Switch will set you back $2 (at the time of writing) and uses the infrared beams emitted by the right-hand Joy-Con on your Switch as invisible tripwires.

The gamepad has all the requisite controls -- left and right thumbsticks, D-pad and Xbox-like ABXY buttons, right and left buttons and triggers -- but they're arranged in a nonstandard way, with ...

Fortunately, app developer DeepBlue Labs has come up with a way to turn your Android phone into a makeshift Nintendo Joy-Con or Switch Pro Controller, complete with motion controls using the phone ...

If you've got a Joy-Con that's drifting, you've lost one, or you need a few more, there's a new smartphone app that's here to solve all of your controller-related problems on the Nintendo Switch.

But, it does sound like a clever little app that could keep spy-loving kids entertained for a while. Spy Alarm, from publisher Sabec, uses the infrared sensor on the right Joy-Con to create an ...