Turn Your PS5 Controller Into a Powerful Vibrator
The DualSense has some of the most advanced haptics ever put in a controller, and outside of games they just sit there. Massage Controller connects over Bluetooth and puts them under your control.
The DualSense has some of the most advanced haptics ever put in a controller, and outside of games they just sit there. Massage Controller connects over Bluetooth and puts them under your control.
A quick look at Massage Controller driving a DualSense.
Sony replaced the old spinning weights with haptic actuators. The result is vibration that starts and stops instantly and covers a much wider range than older pads or a phone's small motor.
One in each grip, built to reproduce everything from a light tap to a heavy rumble.
The actuators start and stop almost instantly, so fast patterns like Pulse and Fireworks feel sharp instead of blurred.
Set intensity and frequency independently. Slow and deep, or fast and sharp, and anything in between.
The controller does the vibrating, not your phone. Your battery stays where it is, and nothing gets warm in your pocket.
The DualSense pairs with both, but Android has one caveat worth knowing before you start.
| iPhone | Android | |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth pairing | Yes | Yes |
| Controller vibration | Yes | Most phones |
| Phone-vibration fallback | Yes | Yes |
About the Android caveat: some Android versions and manufacturer skins don't let apps send vibration to a controller. The pad still pairs, the app tells you, and it falls back to your phone's own motor. A later system update can add support. iPhone isn't affected.
The PS5's settings let you adjust vibration intensity and run a short test, but nothing more. Vibration is otherwise controlled entirely by whatever game is running. Massage Controller pairs with the pad directly and hands the controls to you.
Free to start, on iOS and Android.
With the controller off, press and hold the PS button and the Create button (the small button to the left of the touchpad) for about five seconds. The light bar around the touchpad starts flashing blue.
Open Bluetooth settings and tap DualSense Wireless Controller when it appears. The light bar stops flashing once connected.
Open the pattern list, choose Continuous or any of the other 20+ patterns, set your force and speed, and hit play. It keeps running until you stop it, including in the background. There's more on sustained vibration in our guide to making a controller vibrate constantly.
Create a session, share the link, and whoever opens it controls your DualSense's vibrations in real time from their own phone, anywhere in the world. No account, no name, no profile, and you can stop the session instantly.
Pair it with Massage Controller, choose the Continuous pattern, set your force and speed, and press play. It keeps running until you stop it, even in the background. The PS5's own settings can't do this. There's more detail in our guide to making a controller vibrate constantly.
That message is Android-specific. It means the pad paired correctly, but your Android version or your manufacturer's software layer doesn't expose controller vibration to apps. It isn't something the app can work around. In the meantime it falls back to your phone's own motor, and a future system update may add support. iOS isn't affected.
Yes. Plug it into the console with a USB-C cable and press the PS button. It pairs back with the PS5 and works as normal.
Not as long as you keep using it with your phone: turn on Bluetooth, press the PS button and it reconnects on its own. If you pair it back to your PS5 in between, just repeat the pairing steps above.
The app also works with the PS4 DualShock 4, Xbox controllers and, on iPhone, Nintendo Switch controllers. With no controller connected at all it falls back to your phone's built-in motor, which is noticeably weaker.