Pair Phone To Xbox One

How to connect your Xbox controller to your phone

(Image credit: Microsoft)

Thanks to the rising of game streaming services, and the increased power of the best gaming phones, our pocket devices are becoming increasingly capable of running high-terminate AAA games. Nosotros all know the all-time experience comes in the form of concrete buttons so nosotros're showing yous exactly how to connect your Xbox controller to your phone right hither.

After all, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate can now stream directly to your iPhone or Android device, and yous'll notice more and more Apple Arcade titles taking advantage of controller back up as well. If you're ready to take your mobile gaming to the adjacent level, then, it's fourth dimension to dust off some buttons.

Notation that the steps beneath as well use to some of the best gaming tablets on the marketplace equally well, so even those looking to game on the big screen tin get involved.

How to connect an Xbox controller to a phone

1. Concur down the Xbox button until the white light slowly flashes. If the controller turns on and holds a white low-cal without flashing, then you'll need to unpair information technology from your console before continuing.

Xbox controller white — (Epitome credit: Microsoft)

2. Press the Connect push on the summit of the gamepad to put the controller into pairing mode - the Xbox button will flash faster.

Xbox One controller — (Epitome credit: Microsoft)

3. If y'all're using an iPhone, go to Settings > Bluetooth. Subsequently a little time, an Xbox Wireless Controller choice will appear on your list of Other Devices - tap information technology to connect and pair.

If you're pairing an Xbox Controller to an Android phone, swipe down on the screen to pull upwardly your notifications and settings. Ensure your Bluetooth is switched on by holding the Bluetooth symbol on the settings menu. Select the transmission 'Scan' pick at the pinnacle of the screen and and tap 'Pair new device' on your Android telephone. Once your Xbox controller pops up in the listing of devices, tap the icon that appears to pair.

Which Xbox controllers tin can connect to phones?

You can use either an Xbox One controller or a gamepad for the newer Series X for this job (the process is exactly the same), but brand sure you take a Bluetooth-enabled pad if you lot opt for the older model. For reference, a non-Bluetooth controller will take a dissimilar colored section around the Xbox button in the centre (or it may exist heavily indented abroad from the residual of the gamepad). You can also check if the plastic that surrounds the Xbox push is formed as office of the confront of the controller or as part of the bumpers.

Y'all tin can encounter the different controllers in activity in the image below (the not-Bluetooth model is on the left).

Xbox One controllers — (Image credit: Microsoft)

You will only be able to connect an Xbox controller to your phone if you have a model that supports Bluetooth. However, unless y'all picked up an Xbox One console right at the commencement of its lifetime information technology'south very likely that you already have one.

If you want to connect to something else, however, here's how to use an Xbox One controller on PC .

Managing Editor of Hardware at GamesRadar+, I originally landed in hardware at our sis site TechRadar earlier moving over to GamesRadar. In between, I've written for Tom's Guide, Wireframe, The Indie Game Website and That Video Game Weblog, roofing everything from the PS5 launch to the Apple Pencil. Now, i'm focused on Nintendo Switch, gaming laptops (and the keyboards and mice that come with them), and tracking everything that suggests VR is about to take over our lives.