Sync Xbox Series X Controller

How to pair an Xbox Series X controller to your console or other uniform devices

(Image credit: Microsoft)

Need to know how to pair an Xbox Series X controller with your new Xbox Serial X panel? The process is very simple and only involves a few button presses to sort out, allowing yous to first playing as soon as possible. However, if you adopt wired connections, you tin can use that too, provided you've got yourself a USB to USB-C cable. Cheers to Bluetooth, the Xbox Wireless Controller can also exist continued with lots of other devices bated from but the Xbox Serial X and Due south, so you might as well want to know how to pair it upwards with your PC if you lot're not a mouse and keyboard fan, or mobile device for Game Laissez passer, remote play, and even Deject Gaming. If you've picked up your new console for a corking Xbox Serial 10 price, here's what you need to know nearly pairing an Xbox Serial 10 controller to your Xbox Series X console and a diverseness of other gaming devices.

Pair an Xbox Series X controller to an Xbox Series X or S
Pair an Xbox Series X controller to a PC
Pair an Xbox Serial X controller to an Android device
Pair an Xbox Series X controller to an iOS device

How to pair an Xbox Series 10 controller to an Xbox Series 10 or South

Xbox Series X and S — (Image credit: Microsoft)

If you lot've previously paired an Xbox Wireless Controller to an Xbox One console and then this process should be familiar to y'all equally it remains the aforementioned. Start by inserting the batteries or bombardment pack into your Xbox Series X controller and so pressing and property the Xbox button until it lights upwards. Next, press the Pair button on the front of your Xbox Series 10 or S console, which is plant above the USB port. And so, within xx seconds, press and hold the Pair push on your Xbox Series Ten controller - that'due south the footling one shut to the USB-C port and between LB and RB - until the Xbox push starts flashing. That signals that it's searching for your panel, and before long after the Xbox push should stay lit to confirm information technology's continued.

If you are having trouble pairing your Xbox Series X controller to your panel this way, you tin can instead use the USB-C cable to connect it directly to your Xbox Series 10 or South, which should create the connection automatically. Call back that Xbox Serial X controller and accompaniment compatibility works for lots of older devices, so you don't need to have the latest controller to exercise this.

How to pair an Xbox Series Ten controller to a PC

To pair an Xbox Series 10 controller to a PC, starting time make certain that your PC and controller take received the latest updates. Press the Xbox button on your controller to turn information technology on, and so hold downward the Pair button for 3 seconds before letting go. Next, on your PC go to Start > Settings > Devices > Bluetooth and ensure that Bluetooth is turned on, and then cull the Add together Bluetooth or other device option. Click on Bluetooth in the Add a device screen, then await until Xbox Wireless Controller appears in the device list and you're ready to become.

As with the Xbox Series X console, connecting your controller to your PC via a USB to USB-C cable too works, allowing you to play PC games with a wired controller.

How to pair an Xbox Series X controller to an Android device

Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus — (Epitome credit: Samsung)

To pair an Xbox Series X controller to an Android device, make certain your controller has received the latest updates and your Android device is on the latest operating arrangement version. Printing the Xbox button to turn on your controller, then hold the Pair push and release after 3 seconds. Next, on your Android device go to Apps > Settings > Connections > Bluetooth > Turn On, then cheque the list of available Bluetooth devices and choose Xbox Wireless Controller. Expect until Connected appears underneath the Xbox Wireless Controller, then you're all set. While you lot're on your phone, why not find out how to set upward the Xbox mobile app as well.

How to pair an Xbox Series X controller to an iOS device

Apple iPhone SE 2020 — (Image credit: Apple)

To pair an Xbox Series X controller to an iOS device, make sure your controller has received the latest updates and your iOS device is on the latest operating system version. First, on your iOS device go to Settings > Bluetooth and ensure that information technology'due south turned on. Side by side, press the Xbox button to turn on your controller, unless it's already paired with an Xbox in which instance you should go out it off. Hold the Pair push for iii seconds and release, then cheque the Bluetooth device list on your iOS device and choose Xbox Wireless Controller. Wait until the devices show as paired, then you're done.

Iain originally joined Future in 2012 to write guides for CVG, PSM3, and Xbox World, before moving on to join GamesRadar in 2013 as Guides Editor. His words have also appeared in OPM, OXM, PC Gamer, GamesMaster, and SFX. He is better known to many as 'Mr Bays', due to his slightly unhealthy obsession with amassing intangible PlayStation silverware, and he now has over 400 Platinum pots weighing downwardly the shelves of his virtual award cabinet. He does not treat Xbox Achievements.