Originally, USB was designed to use a computer as the client and allow you to plug things like keyboards, mice, USB storage dongles and phones into the computer. OTG allows for the reverse — the phone ...

A USB OTG adapter is basically a microUSB or USB-C cable that runs to a female USB port and lets you plug a slew of peripherals into your phone or tablet. Most current Android smartphones support ...

Inarguably, Android phones have been the biggest ... card that will connect to your phone over USB OTG as the output and to ...

However, with OTG, your Android device can serve as the host, allowing it to interact directly with various USB peripherals without needing a PC. To use it, you must have a cable with a USB-A ...

Although it's not advertised or sold by any of the big Android phone manufacturers, the solution is a cheap cable called a USB On-The-Go adapter. USB On-The-Go (Amazon link), or USB OTG ...

As mentioned, connecting a USB flash drive to your Android device will more often than not require a special cable called an USB On-The-Go or OTG cable. I will be using a simple $1.47 OTG cable ...

This means you can control your Android device with a gaming controller by connecting them with an OTG cable. Do a quick Google search for your phone's make and model and "OTG support." ...

But how can you hook up an ordinary USB keyboard to your Android phone? Three Magic Letters: Oh, Tee, Gee Above is the simple cable that makes the magic happen. It’s a USB OTG cable, which ...