The Xbox One Wireless Gamepad might have Xbox One in the name, but you don't need to use it with the console. Windows 10 can simply and painlessly pair with the controller, and give you wireless gamepad controls over any compatible PC game. Depending on how old the controller is you might need to use a separate wireless dongle, but as of the Xbox One S, all recent controllers include Bluetooth support to make PC connections that much easier. Here's what you need to do in order to start using it with your PC:
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Figure Out Which Xbox One Controller You Have
When you update your controller with the latest software, you get full use of your Xbox One Stereo Headset Adapter capabilities, plus important controller improvements. You can update your controller wirelessly or via USB. For assistance with troubleshooting update issues, see Troubleshoot update issues with your Xbox One Controller. In order to download and install the drivers for the controller, Xbox one controller driver windows 7 can be connected with a micro cable. With the USB connections, you can easily connect windows 7 Xbox and it can be done at the same time.
Xbox One Wireless Gamepads included with the Xbox One S and made after its release have Bluetooth, while the original Xbox One controllers don't. You can use both wirelessly with your PC, but the process is different; you need to get a separate wireless dongle for the non-Bluetooth gamepads. This means you need to figure out which controller you have.
Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't do something obvious like put a Bluetooth logo under the battery door. To determine whether you have a Bluetooth or non-Bluetooth Xbox One controller, you need to look at the plastic surrounding the Guide button. If it's the same plastic as the face of the controller, without any seams, you have a Bluetooth gamepad. If it's the same plastic as the bumper buttons, with a seam between the guide Guide button and the face of the controller, it's a non-Bluetooth gamepad.
Bluetooth Pairing
Pairing the Xbox One controller with your PC over Bluetooth is almost the same as pairing it with your Xbox One. Power on the controller by holding down the Guide button, then hold the Pairing button on the top of the controller down for three seconds until the Guide button flashes. This means it's in pairing mode. If you're connecting it to an Xbox One, you then hold down the Pairing button on the system itself, but for Windows 10 you need to go through some menus. You also need a Bluetooth USB dongle if your PC doesn't have Bluetooth onboard. Here's the full step-by-step process.
- Hold the Guide button down on the controller to turn it on.
- Hold the Pairing button on the controller for three seconds until the Guide button flashes.
- Right click on the Bluetooth icon in your system tray and click 'Add a Bluetooth Device.'
- Click 'Add Bluetooth or other Device' and select Bluetooth.
- Click 'Xbox Wireless Controller.'
- Wait until the Guide button is solid white and the Bluetooth menu says the controller is connected.
- Start playing!
You can use the Xbox One Wireless Gamepad with your PC now and play the vast majority of modern games that support controllers. However, you can't use the headset jack on the gamepad. Just like Sony's DualShock 4, while you can use a wired gaming headset with a controller and its associated game system, audio isn't sent through the jack when it's connected to a PC over Bluetooth.
With a USB Adapter
If you have an older Xbox One controller, or you just want to use your newer one with Microsoft's proprietary wireless connection instead of Bluetooth, you need to get the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows. It's a USB dongle designed to connect directly to your Xbox One gamepad without any Bluetooth setup or pairing. All you need to do is plug in the dongle and pair it to your controller just as if you were pairing your Xbox One, pressing the Pairing button on each device.
This $25 adapter has some benefits over Bluetooth. For starters, you can use up to eight gamepads with the adapter, while Microsoft recommends using just one at a time with Bluetooth. The headset jack is also enabled if you use the adapter, with adjustable settings in the Xbox app for Windows 10.
Use It Wired
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Finally, if you don't need a wireless connection, you can just use a micro USB cable. Plug one end into your PC and the other into the micro USB port at the top of the gamepad, and it will automatically install. You won't have to go through any menus or plug in any adapters. Of course, then you need to deal with a physical tether to your PC, so it isn't very viable for a couch setup.
Once you're ready to start playing, check out our favorite PC games. And if you're a PlayStation user, read up on how to use a PS4 DualShock 4 controller on a PC.
[Tech] XBox ONE Controller Won't Connect to Windows 10 Via USB
So I'm not an Xbox gamer (anymore) but I like using controllers for my games. I had an old 360 controller that I wanted to use on my Windows 10 64 bit PC but found out that the plug-n-play's don't work.
So, yesterday I went out and bought a brand new Xbox ONE Controller and a Nyko Power Charging Kit so I could connect my Xbox ONE Controller to PC via micro-USB. Following the steps on the xbox support website I installed the Xbox Accessories app from the Windows store and started it up. I logged into one of my old Xbox accounts via the app and it turned to a black screen with the words 'Connect a Controller to get started' (or something along those lines, I'm away from the house at the moment). I then connected my Xbox ONE Controller via the micro-USB from Nyko (straight from the box) on the top USB port (not the one for the battery pack, just to clarify) and the controller rumbled briefly and the 'X' light lit up.
After this, I barely managed to notice a download finishing in the background, but it finished before I could see what it was and didn't give me any popups telling me what it was for. The Xbox Accessories screen didn't change either, and there are no buttons for me to click on in the app. Pressing every button on the controller did nothing as well.
I unplugged and re-plugged the USB (from both ends) multiple times, with each time resulting in a rumble but now the 'X' light remained off. I also used a different USB (my girlfriend's old cellphone charger micro-USB, as I've read in many places that any micro-USB should be compatible) and that yielded the same results.
I cannot find the device drivers in my Device Manager at all. As far as I can tell, my computer doesn't even recognize that I have a USB plugged in. I have also checked my updates for Windows 10 and am completely up to date (as Microsoft lists the drivers as coming automatically packaged with Windows 10 *and doesn't even allow manual downloads of the drivers anymore).
I've read on a forum that to use an Xbox ONE Controller with Windows 10 you need to have the .NET Framework 4.5, however not only am I uncertain that this is a credible claim, but I read in the same thread that people who installed the framework experienced crashing to the point they needed to do a fresh re-installation of Windows 10. If anybody can vouch for the credibility of this, that would be great.
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The only thing I can think of that might fix my problem is going to Gamestop and having them update the controller's drivers through an Xbox ONE console (as I don't own one myself) which I will be doing Monday if I'm not too busy; and even then that may not make the controller compatible with my PC.
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I would really appreciate it if someone has had, or knows how to deal with, these issues and can help me troubleshoot them over this weekend! I've been waiting a literal year-and-a-half just to have the extra cash to afford a working controller and am really disheartened that all the waiting seems to have been for absolutely nothing.
So apparently brand new Xbox ONE controllers have to have up-to-date firmware before they're compatible with the current version of Windows 10. Since the Xbox Accessories app is apparently broken, the solution to this problem was to plug the controller into an Xbox ONE and update the firmware from there. Plugging the controller into your PC afterwards should automatically make the controller usable, without even the need to install the device.