# 8BitDo Ultimate Software

> Customize your 8BitDo controller with Ultimate Software

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.abitdo.advance](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.abitdo.advance)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.abitdo.advance`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** 8BitDo
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 408,228
- **Rating:** 1.69 / 5 (2,466 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-09
- **First published:** 2021-03-10
- **Publisher country:** CN
- **Size:** 74 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abitdo.advance)
- **Website:** [https://www.8bitdo.com/](https://www.8bitdo.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.8bitdo.com/common/privacy.html](https://www.8bitdo.com/common/privacy.html)

## Description

8BitDo Ultimate Software empowers you to tailor your 8BitDo controllers precisely to your gaming style. With this software, you can customize button mapping, adjust stick and trigger sensitivity, control vibration intensity, and create complex macros to enhance your gameplay experience.

Compatible with a range of 8BitDo controllers—including the Ultimate 3-mode Controllers for Xbox (including the Rare 40th Anniversary Edition), Pro 2 Bluetooth and Wired Controllers, Ultimate Wired and Bluetooth Controllers, as well as the Micro Wireless Gamepad—this tool ensures elite control and personalization at your fingertips.

## Rankings

- #110,991 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_LOGS`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`

## Review summary

The Android app shows limited, inconsistent functionality. A few users report usable button mapping on tablets and occasional success with specific devices (e.g., Micro in keyboard mode), but the majority experience detection/connection failures across many controllers, GPS permission prompts, and a reliance on the desktop app for macros. Poor onboarding, minimal support, and frequent “doesn’t work” feedback dominate, indicating the app is unreliable for most users despite some niche use cases.

### Pros

- Some users report successful button mapping/shortcuts on Android tablets for 8BitDo controllers (e.g., mapping in art apps).
- For certain devices (such as the 8BitDo Micro in keyboard mode), it can connect and show a config screen after enabling location permissions and waiting.
- There are isolated cases where the app works on specific hardware when the proper steps are followed, indicating potential compatibility under certain conditions.

### Cons

- Frequent connectivity and device-detection failures across multiple 8BitDo models (Pro 2, SF30 Pro, Pro 3, X2 Pro, Micro, etc.), with pairing and recognition often not happening.
- Android GPS/location permission requirements and related prompts can prevent the app from functioning properly, including long wait times and prompts like 'Please check GPS settings.'
- Inconsistent behavior and the need to rely on the desktop/mac app for macros/configuration (mobile app is not straightforward or reliable).
- Lack of clear instructions and limited options within the app, leading to a poor onboarding experience and perceived poor support.
- Overall reliability is poor, with many reviews stating the app doesn’t work or is useless for most users.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.abitdo.advance)