Backbone — Next-Level Play

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4.6
20.4K reviews
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Teen
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About this app

Backbone turns your phone and tablet into the ultimate gaming device.

■ Play any game or service that supports game controllers.

The Backbone One controller works with services like Xbox Game Pass (xCloud), Xbox Remote Play, and Amazon Luna.

It also works with games like Minecraft, Diablo Immortal, or any other game that supports controllers.

Press the Backbone Button to bring up the app and launch into your favorite games that support controllers from one place.

■ Record, edit, and share epic gaming clips

Backbone One has a built-in Capture button that allows you to easily screen record or screenshot gameplay.

■ Party with your friends

With Backbone’s Rich Presence feature, you can get push notifications when your friends start playing games on Backbone, making it easy to join the action in real-time. Once you see a friend online, you can link up for voice chat inside the app and move from game to game, seamlessly.

To learn more, download the app or visit https://backbone.com/

Any feedback? Use the in-app feedback tool, ping us at support@playbackbone.com or tweet us @backbone

Terms of Use: https://backbone.com/terms/
Updated on
Jul 6, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, Financial info and 4 others
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Messages and 5 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
19.9K reviews
Maia Songalia
May 10, 2026
Was working very well until the most recent update. Now, it will not let me sign into my Xbox game pass. Tried uninstalling, reinstalling, restarting phone, clearing cache, no luck. Will show the logged in screen through "settings"->"content"->"Xbox cloud gaming", but when I go to choose a game, it says I need to log into the profile, press the radio button to sign in, screen flashes white, then back to backbone home screen. Hope this gets fixed soon... am I the only one having issues?
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Christopher Messer
July 23, 2026
Backbone isnt optimized for latest Android update. Causes the Premium features you pay for (namely touch sync) to fail, which was the entire purpose of me buying Backbone's premium membership to begin with. It works sporadically so it turns into a game of plug/unplug until it decides it wants to work. Would be 5/5 if it just worked as intended. Instead im paying a premium membership to not receive the benefits of said membership.
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Mark Menegatti ᴏsᴀ
June 3, 2026
Backbone software is useless, despite great hardware. Literally impossible to find/launch games installed on device, games that in fact do work with a backbone controller. This is not a launcher, this is an advertisement of games corporations want you to play. Backbone lists 'compatible' Google Play games which have been delisted for years or are incompatible with any device manufactured recently. Backbone will not take a report from me to improve their service unless I pay them.
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What’s new

Bug fixes, enhancements, and performance improvements
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About the developer
Backbone Labs, Inc.
support@playbackbone.com
1815 NW 169th Pl Ste 4020 Beaverton, OR 97006 United States
+1 206-383-1280

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