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In depth article by Polygon
Xbox controller sync trick is perfect for Xbox Game Pass power users
Great news if you play often on mobile or PC
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This is pretty awesome
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Xbox Series X|S controller has hidden feature that allows for quick switching between synced devices.
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In depth article by Polygon
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This is pretty awesome
Oh wow this is huge for me... thanks!
(PS. Sorta related, but why does my Series X start up when I plug in my controller to charge?)
Edit: I tried to pair my Series X controller to my Windows 10 machine but despite it saying 'Connected' the lights just keeps flashing and no input is received.
(PS. Sorta related, but why does my Series X start up when I plug in my controller to charge?)
Edit: I tried to pair my Series X controller to my Windows 10 machine but despite it saying 'Connected' the lights just keeps flashing and no input is received.
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Wait what? I have a separate controller synced to my phone that I only use for Xcloud so it stays synced. This sounds super convenient.
Oh shit, this is huge. I've been using an Xbox One controller for PC games, wired since it is an older controller. I didn't want to mess with syncing back and forth between my PC/XSX, but this will make that really easy.
shame that this doesn't apply in swapping between the Xbox Wireless Adapter on PC and Xbox consoles, cuz that's my *only* use case for such a thing. still, this is rad for Bluetooth users.
Oh, it doesn't? I was about to post that this is a really cool feature but I'll have to downgrade it to merely pretty cool.
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Fact that it doesn't use the wireless USB adapter nullifies this for me... For now. Once it gets iOS/iPadOS support, then I'm gonna be golden on this feature!
Same :(
Xbox controller Bluetooth is shit. Wireless adapter all the way.
Oh fuck me, thanks god it has something like this.
I'm not posting "Amazing" or "Wow how cool and smart" cause this should be f'n standard.
When I connected my controller to PC via wireless and then wanted to play on Xbox again I was thinking "You can't find it anymore, are you kidding me? What year is it?"
Also, what the controller still sucks at is playing on PC via cable, then removing the cable and it immediately starts your Xbox, instead of shutting off.
I'm not posting "Amazing" or "Wow how cool and smart" cause this should be f'n standard.
When I connected my controller to PC via wireless and then wanted to play on Xbox again I was thinking "You can't find it anymore, are you kidding me? What year is it?"
Also, what the controller still sucks at is playing on PC via cable, then removing the cable and it immediately starts your Xbox, instead of shutting off.
It took me a while to get it to work, but now it's seemingly set up.
I don't get why they won't let you just double-tap the sync key to switch devices, rather than holding down on it to go back to the last non-xbox device.
Why does my Series X start up when the controller is plugged in though? So annoying. I just want to charge it.
I don't get why they won't let you just double-tap the sync key to switch devices, rather than holding down on it to go back to the last non-xbox device.
Why does my Series X start up when the controller is plugged in though? So annoying. I just want to charge it.
Damn, that is awesome. I was just thinking if how great a feature like this would be. I've been bouncing between my PC and Xbox a lot. If I can bounce to my phone easily as well, that's just icing on the cake.
That's pretty cool. I discovered recently that, if I have the Series X controller plugged into my PC via USB, then yank the cable out, it will turn on my Xbox. Which is, actually, a bit of a pain in the bum, heh. I've had to start pulling out a battery before I unplug the controller :D
Aw it doesn't do it for PC with the adapter? I would go back and forth between my desktop and my iPad pretty regularly
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MS is super weird about this stuff. Not just their gaming division lol.