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Exact first retail day is not established, so month precision is retained."}},{"url":"https://support.8bitdo.com/faq/ultimate-2-wireless-controller.html","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-09-30","fields":["stick_dead_zone_adjustable"],"notes":{"stick_dead_zone_adjustable":"FAQ: Minus and Plus held five seconds toggle zero-dead-zone mode on or off."}},{"url":"https://download.8bitdo.com/Manual/Controller/Ultimate/Ultimate-2-Wireless-Controller.pdf?00=","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-09-30","fields":["platform_connections"],"notes":{"platform_connections":"Updated official manual SteamOS section instructs Bluetooth pairing on SteamOS 3.7.13 or newer. Windows uses cable or 2.4G, Android and Apple use Bluetooth."}},{"url":"https://fccid.io/2AOWF-24GULT2","kind":"regulatory","accessed":"2026-09-30","fields":["fcc_id"],"notes":{"fcc_id":"Certification record identifies the exact Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller, filed 2025-02-26. 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No Pro 3 USB route is inherited. Other Bluetooth row fills the previously missing tvOS/visionOS route. The same current maker Apple FAQ explicitly excludes rumble and motion support, so Apple rows are marked as incomplete features. Windows remains USB or included receiver. SteamOS Bluetooth remains qualified by the updated exact manual."}},{"url":"https://manual.8bitdo.com/Manuals/ultimate-2-wireless-controller/file/Ultimate-2-Wireless-Controller-EN.pdf","kind":"manual","accessed":"2026-10-08","fields":["battery_count","battery_included","battery_life_claimed"],"notes":{"battery_count":"Exact English Battery section explicitly describes one built-in 1000 mAh battery pack. Count is one installed rechargeable pack, not an inferred raw internal cell count.","battery_included":"The exact manual states the pack is built into the controller. 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Applied to the standard Ultimate 2 Wireless US reference, not a statutory term or drift-specific promise."}},{"url":"https://support.8bitdo.com/faq/ultimate-2-wireless-controller.html","kind":"manufacturer_page","accessed":"2026-10-08","fields":["gyro","stick_dead_zone_adjustable","companion_app_platforms"],"notes":{"gyro":"Current exact-model FAQ supports motion mapped to left or right stick on Windows and Android through Ultimate Software V2. Product overview separately advertises six-axis use under 2.4 GHz. These are current mode-specific claims without an invented firmware cause. No gyro-to-mouse value is added because the exact FAQ states joystick mapping, not mouse output.","stick_dead_zone_adjustable":"Current powered-on Minus+Plus held five seconds toggles zero-dead-zone mode. No numeric shipped default is inferred.","companion_app_platforms":"Exact FAQ explicitly says only Windows/macOS Ultimate Software V2, with no mobile software version. 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