One of the outstanding thing, about Sony’s PlayStation 4 is that it can be used with a keyboard & mouse. This might be a freaky thing but yes, you can connect your keyboard and mouse with PS4. It's like a cup of tea for gamers because it makes it more convenient to play games on PS4.

How To Use Laptop Keyboard On PS4

If you're expecting that there are some hard and fast rules to connect your laptop’s keyboard and mouse with PS4 then here I'm clearing your confusion about.

How To Use Laptop Keyboard On PS4

So, the answer is no, there is nothing hard to do and also you don’t even have to download any particular software for this purpose.

If we talk about games then it will be better to say that not all the games support keyboard and mouse with PS4. There are some games like Call of duty that won't allow you to connect keyboard and mouse while playing it.

Call of Duty can even ban you because using keyboard and mouse gives you a competitive advantage from others. It will also count you as a cheater.

So, it will consider as a bad decision and I won't suggest you if you are fond of Call of Duty. On the other hand, there are many games that allow user to connect keyboard and mice with  PlayStation 4. Some of them are;

How to Connect Your Laptop’s Keyboard with PS4

Here I'm sharing two simple ways that will help you a lot.

  1. By Using a USB Mouse and Keyboard:

You might be wondering that how can a USB mouse and keyboard will figure out everything? As a matter of fact, you can use USB mouse/keyboard for this purpose. If you don't want a wire then I will suggest you to go for a wireless Bluetooth mouse and keyboard.

There are two ports on your console that you also use for charging your console. Connect your USB Mouse/keyboard to your PlayStation 4 in one of those USB port and here you're done. Now you can enjoy your game on PlayStation by using laptop’s keyboard or mouse. 

  1. XIM 4 Adapter:

As I said earlier, not all games on PlayStation support laptops keyboard and mouse. Many games allow but most won't allow sometimes. However, there are some ways to play games with keyboard but it costs. You have to spend some amount of money if you are an enthusiastic gamer.

Buy a product like XIM 4 Adapter, that works with PlayStation 4 as well as XBOX1, PlayStation 3, XBOX 360. You can easily get this adopter on Amazon in $150. Although, this device is quite expensive but you can't deny its quality and smooth working.

Now here’s a question how to connect an adapter?

All you have to do is just connect your keyboard and mouse to the adapter and it will translate your keyboard and mouse inputs into Dual Shock 4 button presses, sending them to your PS4. Eventually, adapter allows to play PS4 games on laptops keyboard and mouse. 

Basically, this adapter works through tricking the PS4 into thinking that you're using a Dual Shock 4 controller. All games on PS4 are designed to use this Dual Shock controller.

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Although, PS4 are developed in a way to support keyboard and mice but these adaptors and consoles are still design to control some particulars games. That’s why sometimes it's going to be tricky to replicate keyboard and mice but I will suggest you to use it for home cinema because it is useful if you are using it for your home cinema capabilities rather than gaming.