You can also use a wired keyboard and mouse if you’re sitting close enough to your console. If you connect a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to your PS5 though, you have a little more freedom.

An Android app called RemoteDroid, allows Android smartphones to become wireless computer touch pads and keyboards. We'll show you how to get it up and running.

This is the single most important piece of hardware you’re going to need to connect a USB keyboard to your phone, and there’s no real way around it.