diff --git a/src/gamepad.zig b/src/gamepad.zig
index d715f9a..460ba1b 100644
--- a/src/gamepad.zig
+++ b/src/gamepad.zig
@@ -26,6 +26,35 @@ pub const TypeHint = enum(u8) {
     generic,
 };
 
+/// Best-guess vendor family from a human-readable device name string.
+///
+/// Shared name→type classifier for any source that only has a name to go on
+/// (Android `InputDevice.getName()`, raylib's `GetGamepadName`, the WebGamepad
+/// `id` string). Backends with a stable USB vendor id (Linux evdev, iOS GC
+/// profile) should classify from that instead — this is the name-only path.
+///
+/// Matching is case-insensitive substring. A non-empty name that matches no
+/// known family is `.generic`; an empty name is `.unknown`.
+pub fn typeHintFromName(name: []const u8) TypeHint {
+    if (containsIgnoreCase(name, "xbox") or
+        containsIgnoreCase(name, "microsoft")) return .xbox;
+    if (containsIgnoreCase(name, "playstation") or
+        containsIgnoreCase(name, "dualsense") or
+        containsIgnoreCase(name, "dualshock") or
+        containsIgnoreCase(name, "sony") or
+        containsIgnoreCase(name, "wireless controller")) return .playstation;
+    if (containsIgnoreCase(name, "nintendo") or
+        containsIgnoreCase(name, "switch") or
+        containsIgnoreCase(name, "joy-con") or
+        containsIgnoreCase(name, "pro controller")) return .nintendo;
+    if (name.len > 0) return .generic;
+    return .unknown;
+}
+
+fn containsIgnoreCase(haystack: []const u8, needle: []const u8) bool {
+    return std.ascii.indexOfIgnoreCase(haystack, needle) != null;
+}
+
 /// What kind of physical device produced the event. Distinguishes a real
 /// game controller from a TV / set-top "d-pad remote" (Android TV, tvOS),
 /// which should usually be treated differently by menus.
@@ -161,6 +190,19 @@ test "setName truncates to NAME_CAPACITY and stays NUL-terminated" {
     try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u8, 0), ev.name[NAME_CAPACITY]); // sentinel intact
 }
 
+test "typeHintFromName classifies known vendor families (name-only path)" {
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.xbox, typeHintFromName("Xbox Wireless Controller"));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.xbox, typeHintFromName("XBOX 360 For Windows"));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.xbox, typeHintFromName("Microsoft X-Box pad"));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.playstation, typeHintFromName("Sony DualSense Wireless Controller"));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.playstation, typeHintFromName("PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller"));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.playstation, typeHintFromName("Wireless Controller"));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.nintendo, typeHintFromName("Nintendo Switch Pro Controller"));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.nintendo, typeHintFromName("Joy-Con (L)"));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.generic, typeHintFromName("Generic USB Joystick"));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(TypeHint.unknown, typeHintFromName(""));
+}
+
 test "disconnected constructor" {
     const ev = GamepadEvent.disconnected(3);
     try std.testing.expectEqual(GamepadEvent.Kind.disconnected, ev.kind);
diff --git a/src/gamepad_source/android.zig b/src/gamepad_source/android.zig
index 10e1f8e..ebe3370 100644
--- a/src/gamepad_source/android.zig
+++ b/src/gamepad_source/android.zig
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ export fn labelle_android_on_device_added(
     ev.setName(name);
     ev.guid = descriptorGuid(descriptor);
     ev.source_class = classifySources(sources);
+    // Derive the vendor family from the name (Android exposes no stable USB
+    // vendor id here), matching the desktop/web name-only path so the HUD shows
+    // e.g. `Pad 9: Xbox Wireless Controller [xbox]` instead of `[unknown]`
+    // (labelle-assembler#270). Uses the buffered name so truncation is honored.
+    ev.type_hint = source.typeHintFromName(ev.nameSlice());
     ring.push(ev);
 }
 
@@ -343,6 +348,18 @@ test "EventRing overflow drops oldest" {
     try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u32, 5), out[0].slot);
 }
 
+test "device-added uses the shared name classifier for type_hint (#270)" {
+    // The `labelle_android_on_device_added` body early-returns off Android, so we
+    // exercise the same name→type_hint derivation it performs (`setName` then
+    // `typeHintFromName(nameSlice())`) to lock in the wiring that drives the HUD.
+    var ev = GamepadEvent{ .kind = .connected, .slot = 9 };
+    ev.setName("Xbox Wireless Controller");
+    ev.type_hint = source.typeHintFromName(ev.nameSlice());
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(source.GamepadEvent.Kind.connected, ev.kind);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("Xbox Wireless Controller", ev.nameSlice());
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(source.TypeHint.xbox, ev.type_hint);
+}
+
 test "pollEvents returns 0 on host (no Android activity)" {
     var buf: [8]GamepadEvent = undefined;
     try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), Source.pollEvents(&buf));
diff --git a/src/gamepad_source/root.zig b/src/gamepad_source/root.zig
index 1543bf1..ce8c95e 100644
--- a/src/gamepad_source/root.zig
+++ b/src/gamepad_source/root.zig
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ pub const GamepadDescription = gamepad.GamepadDescription;
 // into `../gamepad.zig`. Without it `android.zig` fails to compile for the
 // Android target (labelle-core#23).
 pub const SourceClass = gamepad.SourceClass;
+/// Re-exported alongside the name classifier so per-OS source files can name
+/// the result type through `@import("root.zig")`.
+pub const TypeHint = gamepad.TypeHint;
+/// Re-exported so per-OS source files can derive a `TypeHint` from a device
+/// name (the name-only classification path) through `@import("root.zig")`
+/// without reaching back into `../gamepad.zig`. Shared so Android, raylib and
+/// the web source classify identical name strings the same way (#270).
+pub const typeHintFromName = gamepad.typeHintFromName;
 
 /// Comptime OS/abi dispatch. Each branch maps to exactly one owned file so
 /// parallel Wave-1 work never collides. Android is detected via abi (there