Dear all, shortly after releasing 0.32.1.3, several users reported a regression affecting custom HID communication on a number of devices. In addition to resolving the regression, we've taken the opportunity to introduce a long-requested feature: customizable axis and joystick response curves, allowing users to fine-tune analog stick behavior directly within Handheld Companion.

Highlights

• Fixed custom HID communication regression, affecting custom HID device communication on several handhelds, including:

  • ASUS ROG Ally family

  • GPD Win 5

  • MSI Claw

  • ONEXPLAYER X1

  • Zotac Gaming Zone

• New axis and joystick response curves, for analog sticks and axis. This allows users to adjust how input is translated throughout the stick range, making it easier to create more responsive, more gradual, or more aggressive stick behavior depending on personal preference and game genre.

• Reliability improvements behind the scenes, cleaning up event subscription and disposal logic throughout the application. While largely invisible to users, these improvements help reduce the risk of duplicated events, stale handlers and resource leaks during long sessions or device transitions.

What Changed

Fixes

• Fixed a regression affecting custom HID devices on ROG Ally, GPD Win 5, MSI Claw, ONEXPLAYER X1 and Zotac Gaming Zone.

• Fixed an issue when retrieving available display refresh rates.

New Features

• Added configurable axis and joystick response curves.

Improvements

• Improved several static manager event subscription and disposal routines.

• Improved several non-static manager event subscription and disposal routines.

• Improved IDevice event subscription and disposal handling.

• Updated SDL3 to version 3.4.12.

Thank you to everyone who quickly reported the HID regression and helped validate the fix. Your feedback allows us to react quickly and keep Handheld Companion stable across the growing list of supported devices.