Modern smartphones support a large number of additional peripheral devices. Many of these devices even have at home! Some devices are connected to the headphone jack, and some are in the Micro USB or USB Type-C port.
What can be connected to a USB connector
To connect some USB devices, the USB-Typec or Micro-USB connector may need an adapter or OTG cable. He looks like this:
Computer mouse can be connected to a USB connector of its smartphone through the above adapter. After connecting the computer mouse on your screen, the cursor will immediately appear. Cursor you can control the way you are using a computer. The mouse can be useful when playing in computer games of the genres "three in a row" and "farm" - in general those games where control can be carried out by one finger.
2. KeyboardKeyboard, like a mouse, just connect to the phone. The price of a question 100 is 200 rubles per adapter. The keyboard significantly expands your capabilities in games, perfectly helps when working in text editors and, most importantly, allows people with poor eyesight or with poor coordination of movements, as well as pensioners to use WhatsApp and other messengers. You do not need to install anything additionally, just connect the keyboard through the adapter and that's it.
3. USB flash drive or hard driveEven adapter will not need some external drives to work, as many flash drives are now equipped with two types of connectors. Otherwise, you can connect the USB flash drive or an external hard disk through an adapter and transfer information from the drive to a smartphone or vice versa. For smartphone owners that are not equipped with an additional memory card connector - this is a great solution to watch movies from an external flash drive or disk on the road.
4. Gamepad
Game lovers can connect a full gamepad to their smartphone and enjoy convenient control in favorite games. For this, it is not necessary to buy some special joystick, suitable usual from your PC.
5. webcamDoes the main camera do not work? Not a problem, you can take a webcam from your computer. The characteristics of the usual webcam usually rather low and for professional photography it will not work, but you can chat with loved ones through WhatsApp or any other messenger.
What can be connected to the headphone jack?
Headphone jack, and if more precisely, the 3.5 Jack connector is designed not only for wired headset. It has a fairly wide range of use and now consider some devices that it supports.
1. Self-stickMost of the smartphone users are difficult to surprise the fact that the self-stick is connected to the headphone jack, but there are also such users as I, who have never kept her in their hands. Selfie stick has a button in its base, when you click on which it gives the phone through the headphone jack to make a snapshot.
2. Console for TVMore precisely, not quite a remote, but a special infrared LED, which will allow you to manage your TV or other devices directly from the phone. To do this, you need to install the application "MI Remote" or similar.
3. FM Transmitter.FM Transmitter - the device is quite obsolete and is currently used rarely. It is needed to lose music from the phone on any radio receivers, such as in your car. If there is no AUX input in your car player, then the FM transmitter is the only way to listen to music in the car from the phone.
Did you guess about the capabilities of your smartphone? Write which devices you have already used, and which plan to use in the future.