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# Game Controller updates

Learn about important changes to Game Controller.

## Overview

Overview Browse notable changes in Game Controller. June 2025 Add support for spatial game controllers. To determine if a controller is a spatial game controller, check whether the product category is  GCProductCategorySpatialController. Add support for a physical stylus with a GCStylus object. Add NSAccessoryTrackingUsageDescription to your information property list if your app requires access to accessory-tracking data for a spatial game controller or stylus. Add GCSupportedGameControllers to your information property list — with a value of SpatialGamepad — if your app supports spatial game controllers. June 2024 visionOS For UIKit apps, add a user interaction that determines whether the system delivers game controller events through the Game Controller framework instead of the UIResponder chain. To receive events through the Game Controller framework, add a GCEventInteraction object to one or more views and set the handledEventTypes property to the types of events you want to handle. June 2023 Use the classes that conform to the GCDevicePhysicalInput protocol to poll for game controller input in your game loop. For more information, see  Handling input events. Add support for arcade sticks. To determine if a controller is an arcade stick, check whether the product category is  GCProductCategoryArcadeStick. Add GCRequiresControllerUserInteraction to your information property list if your app requires a game controller on visionOS or to recommend a game controller on iOS.

## See Also

### Technology and frameworks

- [Accelerate updates](updates/accelerate.md)
- [Accessibility updates](updates/accessibility.md)
- [ActivityKit updates](updates/activitykit.md)
- [AdAttributionKit Updates](updates/adattributionkit.md)
- [App Clips updates](updates/appclips.md)
- [App Intents updates](updates/appintents.md)
- [AppKit updates](updates/appkit.md)
- [Apple Intelligence updates](updates/apple-intelligence.md)
- [AppleMapsServerAPI Updates](updates/applemapsserverapi.md)
- [Apple Pencil updates](updates/applepencil.md)
- [ARKit updates](updates/arkit.md)
- [Audio Toolbox updates](updates/audiotoolbox.md)
- [AuthenticationServices updates](updates/authenticationservices.md)
- [AVFAudio updates](updates/avfaudio.md)
- [AVFoundation updates](updates/avfoundation.md)