How to Level up your Mobile Gaming Experience

As mobile gaming is becoming a more competitive way for gamers to play against each other, it’s important to make sure you have the correct tools in order to make your experience like no other. A smartphone is a perfect way to play games, it’s portable, fits in your pocket and most of the games are free! But with these few tips, you can play on your smartphone as if you were playing on a Nintendo Switch! Pretty cool, huh? You’ll wonder if it’s worth paying for the next new console.

Use a controller

One of the easiest and cheapest ways to improve your gaming experience is by buying a controller. Mobile gaming has taken off the past few years and become more competitive with games like PUBG Mobile and Shadowgun Legends entering the app store. Touch screen controls just won’t cut it when it comes to trying to beat your online friends.

Thankfully, there are many controllers on the market that can connect to your phone, whether that be Bluetooth powered or wireless. To name a few:

• Bigaint Mobile Game Controller
• Gamesir T1 Bluetooth Gamepad
• PowerLead Wireless Controller
• UWYSTON Game Controller

However, there is a slight problem with them, they don’t work with every game on the app store. So make sure you do your research before purchasing one as we wouldn’t want you to miss out!

Need a controller now?  Check out Mobile Gaming Unlimited for a variety of controllers, like the AK66 Series!

Purchase a gaming smartphone

Of course, we’re not saying to throw out your brand new iPhone/Android, but an investment in a gaming smartphone will improve your gaming experience amazingly.

Razer Phone 2

• 120 Hz refresh rate
• LED capacitive touchscreen
• Battery life Endurance rating 70h

Asus ROG Phone II

• Pressure-sensitive areas that act as buttons (shoulder buttons)
• Fast battery charging 30W
• AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

ZTE Nubia Red Magic 3

• 5,000 mAh battery
• Shoulder buttons
• Front-facing stereo speakers

Turn notifications off

This might sound like such a simple tool that won’t do much, but you’d be surprised by how much a notification can ruin your gaming experience. If you don’t want to turn all notifications off, there is an option to turn them off app by app meaning you don’t have to sacrifice any important texts you might get!

Play on the big screen

Did you know that iOS and Android both have options to cast your screen on a bigger screen if needed? This way, you can use your phone as a controller, and look up to your TV as if you would on a console game. It just makes the whole experience feel a lot more legit!

Purchase a battery pack

You could have a phone with the best battery life in the world, and gaming will still drain it. Say you’re on a trip, about to make a long streak of kills and suddenly – your phone dies. Purchasing a battery pack will refrain this from happening, and depending on the mAh, they can charge up to 4 phones at once. Meaning they will give you quite a few hours of charge from it.

Download Discord

Discord is a messaging platform where you can keep in contact with all your gamer friends and there’s a feature called Game Detection where it’ll tell you what your friends are currently playing. This way, instead of having to tell them, they can just click on the game you’re playing to join in with you – making the gaming experience twice as fun!

Download Mobcrush

Mobcrush is an app where you can live stream any mobile game from iPhone or iPad. The games will also automatically stream to YouTube, Twitch, Periscope, and Facebook Live all at the same time. If you don’t fancy livestreaming, you can watch live streams from others and take hints and tips!

Get a VR headset and make your games come to life

You might look a little silly using a VR headset in public, and it’ll definitely drain your battery life, but why wouldn’t you want one for your phone? The Homido V2 VR headset is compatible with almost any smartphone, it has a 4.5 to 6-inch screen and brings your games to life!

So now you know how to level up your mobile gaming experience and rest assured, you’ll thank us! We here at The Casual App Gamer swear by mobile gaming, so we think buying a few extras to enhance our experience is so worth it. Let us know if you have any of the items on the list, and if you find them useful!