PlayLink phone apps on a current Android + PS5 (That's You, SingStar, Hidden Agenda, etc.)

A bunch of PS4 PlayLink games still work on PS5 if you use phones as controllers. The official Android companion apps do not: on current Android they either refuse to install or crash on launch.

I wrote a local patcher for the originals you already have. It does not ship Sony APKs.

Tested (phone as controller → PS5, Android 16)

* That’s You! 1.6
* Knowledge is Power 1.5A
* Knowledge is Power: Decades 1.4
* Hidden Agenda 1.07
* Chimparty 1.2
* Frantics 1.8
* SingStar Mic 3.9

How

1. Get those original APKs (same versions as above).
2. Put them in `originals`.
3. Run `patch.bat` (Windows, Java 17+, Python 3).
4. Install the `*-android16.apk` files from `out`.

[https://github.com/SulidSanke/PlayLink\_Patch](https://github.com/SulidSanke/PlayLink_Patch)

Patched builds are debug-signed. Uninstall the Play Store copy first if it is still on the phone, or the signatures will clash.

Connecting on PS5

Phone and PS5 must be on the same Wi‑Fi. Auto-discover / Play / Search does not find a PS5. Use the console IP:

Settings → Network → Connection Status → IP Address

Paste that into the IP / server field in the phone app. The Unity games remember it after the first time.

Hidden Agenda uses multicast, not that box. SingStar has its own screen; allow Microphone on first launch or you get “mic unavailable”.

Not affiliated with Sony. If something else PlayLink-shaped still dies on a new phone, issues on the repo are fine.

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