TL;DR: Nintendo announced the Switch 2 console, set for a 2025 release, featuring upgraded hardware and new JoyCon functionalities, including a mysterious button and optical tracking sensors. The ...

Magnets, mouse control, and a GameChat button, oh my. Magnets, mouse control, and a GameChat button, oh my. is a former weekend editor who covered tech and entertainment. He has written news, ...

TL;DR: A newly-published patent reveals that the Switch 2 controllers will feature optical sensors, allowing JoyCons to function as mice. A newly-published patent shows that the Switch 2 controllers ...

It’s been a month since we first heard rumors that the Switch 2’s new Joy-Cons could be slid across a flat surface to function like a computer mouse. Now, a newly published patent filed by Nintendo ...

It now seems all those online folk speculating about the Nintendo Switch 2 JoyCons were absolutely correct. A newly revealed patent from Nintendo spells out what is going on underneath the new, larger ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 officially launched today, and eager fans have been clamouring to get their hands on the highly anticipated latest console all morning. It includes a lot of the selling points ...