{"id":260020,"date":"2026-01-23T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/260020\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:56:07","slug":"anbernics-next-controller-adds-a-screen-and-heart-rate-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/260020\/","title":{"rendered":"Anbernic\u2019s next controller adds a screen and heart rate monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

The RG G01 won\u2019t be the first controller with a built-in screen. Companies like Turtle Beach already offer them<\/a>. While a display adds to the cost, it lets gamers adjust settings, program macros that automatically trigger a series of button presses, and remap controls, without having to leave a game and connect to a mobile or desktop app. The RG G01 has four customizable buttons on the back that can be reconfigured using the display.<\/p>\n

As for the heart rate sensor that appears to be integrated into the RG G01\u2019s grips? Its functionality is questionable. Nintendo announced a heart rate-tracking accessory for the Wii at E3 2009<\/a> called the Vitality Sensor that could have potentially incorporated a player\u2019s pulse into games, but it was cancelled. Anbernic\u2019s RG G01 will display your heart rate on the controller\u2019s screen and it has a pulse alarm, but there\u2019s no details on what exactly it will warn you about.<\/p>\n

The RG G01 will include both Bluetooth and 2.4GHz wireless connectivity, and the option to tether to a device with a USB-C cable. It\u2019s fully compatible with systems running Steam, Linux, Windows, Android, iOS, and Nintendo\u2019s various Switch consoles. There\u2019s a six-axis gyroscope for playing games with motion controls, \u201celectro-inductive capacitive joysticks,\u201d and dual-mode triggers with switches that limit their travel for faster response times \u2013 a feature that was noticeably missing from the Anbernic RG P01.<\/p>\n

Anbernic only says the controller is \u201cComing Soon!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The RG G01 won\u2019t be the first controller with a built-in screen. Companies like Turtle Beach already offer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[203,213,61,60,216,80],"class_list":["post-260020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gadgets","tag-gaming","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}