How to connect a mouse to a tablet?

The popularity of tablet computers knows no bounds. For just a few years, very few people knew about the existence of tablets, but after Apple introduced the first iPad, sales of such devices began to grow incredibly fast. Today, many people have tablets; for some, they even replace computers and laptops. True, all actions must be performed by pressing the device screen. Can you connect a mouse to it? Can.

Wired connection

In this case, we will talk about connecting the mouse directly to the device using a wired connection. In the first case, we are talking about devices that are equipped with a full-fledged USB port. In this case, the only thing you need to do is connect a mouse to the port.

Unfortunately, most tablets do not support USB ports, which is not surprising: with such a thickness of the device itself, it is problematic to put a USB port into it, to put it mildly. However, this does not mean that your device does not support connecting other devices. If you only have a Micro USB port (don't confuse it with Mini USB, these are two different connectors), then you can use an OTG cable. The OTG cable connects on one side to the Micro USB port, and on the other end there is a USB port to which you can connect a mouse. Here's what it looks like:

Wireless connection

In the case of a wireless connection, just as in the previous case, there are two solutions to the problem.

In the first case, we are talking about a wireless connection via Bluetooth (Bluetooth). You need to do this:

Turn on Bluetooth on both devices.

On your tablet or phone, activate the device search function.

Connect the device and enter the code if required.

Start using your mouse.

The second connection option is using a Wi-Fi connection. At the same time, the mouse will have to support Wi-Fi, and such a function is only on expensive devices. There is another problem - this is directly connecting the device using the Internet, because it is often very problematic to configure it.