How to use an Xbox Series X / Series S controller on a PC

In short, it should be fairly painless. If you have ever connected a previous Xbox controller to your PC the method here will be exactly the same. Microsoft have kindly made their Xbox Series and Xbox One controllers interchangeable – you can use any on any system. To be fair this latest model is full of tweaks rather than a totally new machine, so while it is am improvement over the Xbox One controller, that was still a great thing of beauty.

Don’t forget if you are going to be pairing your new controller to your PC you will need to pair it back to your Xbox Series X or S before you can use it there again. Simply hit the pair button near the USB port on the console, press the sync button on the controller and it should be plain sailing for there.

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