# AI Controls iPhone Via ESP32

DevFeed: [AI Controls iPhone Via ESP32](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-controls-iphone-via-esp32-87359.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://hackaday.com/2026/10/14/ai-controls-iphone-via-esp32/>)

Author: Zoe Skyforest

Published: 2026-10-15T02:00:25Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hackaday](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hackaday.md>)

Topics: [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [ESP32](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32.md>), [ESP32-S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32-s3.md>), [ip-kvm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ip-kvm.md>), [iphone](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iphone.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [device](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/device.md>), [esp32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp32.md>), [esp32-s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp32-s3.md>), [iphone](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iphone.md>), [iphone-hacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iphone-hacks.md>), [phone](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phone.md>), [xcode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xcode.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes using an ESP32 to give an AI agent access to an iPhone screen through AirPlay mirroring and UxPlay, then control the phone with an ESP32-S3 emulating a USB mouse and keyboard. It says this approach works without an Apple Developer Account, Xcode, or a Mac.

## Source excerpt

Do you want to get an AI agent to do something to an iPhone? You could try and jailbreak the device and do some heavy software hacking, or... you could ...read more