Connect Your Xbox Controller to PC With Bluetooth That's it! It will automatically configure under Windows 10 and work with virtually any game on your PC.

Plug one end of your USB-to-micro USB or USB-to-USB-C (depending on the version of controller) cable into the controller.

This is very simple, but you do need a physical cable connecting the controller to your PC. Connect Your Xbox Controller to PC With a Wired Connection If it has a small, rectangular Capture button between the Menu and View buttons, and a USB-C port on the top instead of micro USB, it's an Xbox Series controller and also has Bluetooth. If it's the same plastic as the bumper buttons, with a seam between the Guide button and the controller's face, it's a non-Bluetooth gamepad. If it's the same plastic as the face of the controller, without any seams, you have a Bluetooth gamepad. To determine whether you have a Bluetooth or non-Bluetooth Xbox controller, you need to look at the plastic surrounding the Guide button.

The good news is that Bluetooth controllers have been in production for so long that if you picked yours up in the last four years, there's a good chance that it already has Bluetooth. You can use both controllers wirelessly with your PC, but the process is different you must get a wireless dongle for the non-Bluetooth gamepads. Original Xbox One controllers lack wireless connectivity, but the gamepads that shipped with the Xbox One S and later consoles include Xbox wireless communication and Bluetooth.

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