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Now, press the wireless enrollment button on both the controller and the adapter until the light on each is blinking.

Then, navigate to Settings, Devices, Connected Devices on Windows 10, and you’ll notice that Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows is in the list of connected devices. When the controller appears in Bluetooth settings, select it and choose Pair.įor the Xbox Wireless Adapter, plug the adapter into a free USB port on your PC. Then, press the wireless enrollment button (yes, that’s what it’s called) on the top edge of the controller, near the USB port, so that the Xbox button light blinks rapidly. (And no, Xbox One S owners, you cannot pair your controller to your console and your PC at the same time, sorry.)įor the Xbox Wireless Controller/Bluetooth, you do this by opening Settings in Windows 10 and navigating to Devices, Bluetooth. If you’re making the connection wirelessly-that is, you’re using an Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows or, with the new Xbox Wireless Controller, Bluetooth-you will need to pair the controller to your PC. The new Xbox Wireless Controller supports both Bluetooth and the proprietary Xbox Wireless technologies. This is a nice option because it doesn’t take up a USB port, as do the other two methods noted above.

For those with the latest Xbox controller-the one that is also included with the Xbox One S, called the Xbox Wireless Controller-its possible to connect over Bluetooth too. ( Some future PCs will include this adapter, and in 2017 and beyond we’ll see this circuitry built directly into some PC motherboards as well.) Microsoft sells a curiously large Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows for about $20 that lets you wirelessly connect any Xbox One controller to your Windows PC. Using an Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows. If you don’t mind being tethered, you can physically tether any Xbox One controller to your Windows PC using a standard micro-USB cable. There are three ways to connect an Xbox One controller to your Windows 10 PC. So Xbox fans will want to configure an Xbox One controller on their Windows PCs as well. With Microsoft evolving its Xbox gaming platform to include Windows 10, our game play options are about to explode.