PS5 controller test
For the DualSense and the DualSense Edge on a computer, phone or tablet. Every button by the name printed on it, both sticks, L2 and R2 in steps, and a plain result.
Press any button on the controller
Browsers show a controller only after a button is pressed, so that pages cannot list your devices unasked. Wired or Bluetooth both work.
This browser cannot read controllers.
Try a current Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari on a computer, Safari on an iPhone or iPad, or Chrome on Android.
The controller was disconnected. Connect it again and press a button; your results are kept.
Result: No problem found so far
Press every button, then run the checks below: the result is written here as you go.
Sticks
The rings are dead zones: the inner one 10 %, which many games use, the outer one 24 %, Xbox's standard for the left stick (27 % for the right).
Drift check
Put the controller down and do not touch the sticks. The check reads them for three seconds.
Range check
Push each stick to its edge and turn it slowly round, two or three times.
Buttons
Press each one. A button turns blue while held and stays ticked once it has worked.
Triggers
Press each trigger all the way down. A trigger reports how far it is pressed, not just on or off.
Rumble
Each button runs a motor for one second. The tab must stay in front while it runs.
This browser cannot run this controller's motors: Firefox and the browsers on iPhone and iPad run none, and Chrome and Edge on Windows do not run a PS5 controller's. The rest of the test is not affected.
Report
For a return, a warranty claim or a sale: print it, save it as a PDF, or copy the text.
How it works
- Connect the DualSense with a USB-C cable, or pair it over Bluetooth: hold PS and Create together until the light bar flashes, then choose it in your device's Bluetooth settings.
- Open this page and press any button; the test shows «DualSense Wireless Controller» with PlayStation's button names.
- Press Cross, Circle, Square, Triangle, the shoulder buttons, both stick clicks, the arrows, Create and Options. The PS button is optional: it often opens the computer's own menu.
- Press L2 and R2 all the way, run the drift check, turn both sticks round their edges, and try the rumble.
- Print the report or save it as a PDF to send with a PlayStation repair or a return.
What the results mean
- What a browser can read from a DualSense
- Its buttons, both sticks and how far L2 and R2 are pressed. The browser cannot read the motion sensor, the touchpad's position, the battery or the adaptive triggers' resistance, so this test does not claim to.
- L2 and R2 in steps
- Each trigger reports how far it is pressed. One that stops short of the full press reads as such, with the deepest press it reached.
- The touchpad click
- Some browsers show the touchpad click as an extra button past the standard ones; when the browser shows it, it is listed as optional.
- DualSense Edge
- The Edge reads like a DualSense here. Its back buttons repeat other buttons, so they light the button they are set to.
Questions
The DualSense does not appear. What now?
Press a button after the page opens. If Steam is running, it may hold the controller for itself: close it, or turn off Steam Input for PlayStation controllers, then press a button again.
Why does rumble not work?
On Windows, Chrome and Edge do not run a DualSense's motors from a page, and Firefox and the browsers on iPhone and iPad run no controller's. On a Mac, Chrome and Safari 16.4 or later can, with the tab in front.
Can it test the adaptive triggers?
No page can through the browser's controller interface: it reports the press, not the resistance. A press that stops short is still found.
Does it work with a PS4 DualShock 4?
Yes. It names a DualShock 4's buttons as printed, Share included, and the DualShock 4 has its own page.