Nintendo has made leaps and bounds with Switch 2 Pro controller

Nintendo has made significant improvements to the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller as it's able to fully charge in half the time as its predecessor.

Nintendo has made leaps and bounds with Switch 2 Pro controller
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TL;DR: The Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller features a faster three-hour charge time, a smaller 1070 mAh battery with 40 hours of use, customizable rear buttons, and a dedicated GameChat C-button. Priced at $85, it offers enhanced functionality and improved user experience over the original Switch Pro Controller.

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed quite a lot about the upcoming console, and in addition to a juicy new powerful console, Nintendo has made significant improvements to its controllers, particularly the Switch 2 Pro controller.

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Nintendo states on its website that the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller will now take three hours to fully charge, which, when compared to the original Pro Controller, is around 50% less time. Why does this matter? The Switch 2 Pro Controller has a smaller battery than the original Switch Pro controller at 1070 mAh compared to 1,300 mAh, with Nintendo writing gamers can expect around 40 hours of use out of the Switch 2 Pro controller, which is approximately the same as the original Switch Pro controller.

As for other improvements with the Switch 2 Pro controller, Nintendo has added two new buttons on the rear of the controller that can be customized, along with the inclusion of the C-button, which is dedicated to activating GameChat for users with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. Unsurprisingly, the Switch 2 Pro controller has received a price bump, making the smaller leap from the $80 price tag with the original Switch Pro controller to the $85 price tag for the Switch 2 Pro controller.

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