Revised Xbox One controllers will support Bluetooth for PC compatibility

Revised Xbox One controllers will support Bluetooth for PC compatibility

| Source: PCGAMER Author: Mark Campbell

Revised Xbox One controllers will support Bluetooth for PC compatibility

The original Xbox One controller has not received much adoption by PC gamers, with Microsoft having no driver for the controller at launch and only supporting wired configurations until October of last year.

With the new revised design of the Xbox One controller, Microsoft wants to make things easier for PC gamers by adding Bluetooth functionality in addition to Microsoft's WiFi-Direct wireless interface. This means that any PC with Bluetooth will be able to connect to this controller automatically, without the need for $25/£18 wireless adapter.

The new Xbox One and other upcoming Xbox consoles will still connect to the Xbox One controller using WiFi Direct, with the controller's Bluetooth functionality being exclusively used by PC. This will make it easier to stream games from your Xbox to Windows devices, as well as allow PC gamers to more easily use this new controller.

At this time the pricing for this new controller is unknown, but it is expected to retail at the same price as existing Xbox One controllers.

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