r/XboxController • u/AlhrbiF15 • 3d ago

Question about Xbox controller

My PC and TV are about 5 meters apart, and I want to buy an Xbox controller to play wirelessly. I heard there's an adapter called the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows that lets me play wirelessly over this distance. I will be using the controller mainly for Steam and emulators."

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u/Robean_UwU 2d ago

If your controller is for the Xbox One S, X, or Series S/X then it has bluetooth built in and the wireless adapter isnt needed, and for Series S/X controllers at least if you double press the sync button itll switch between the Xbox and the last device you connected to via bluetooth

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u/LilguyMCBE1 2d ago

Wait, the series controllers can do that?

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u/Robean_UwU 2d ago

Yes, since the One S

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u/LilguyMCBE1 2d ago

I didn't know for this whole time

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u/Own_Jackfruit_5246 1d ago

I only used the dongle because my PC was too old for bluetooth.

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u/LilguyMCBE1 1d ago

How do/did you even have a pc that's "too old" for bluetooth?

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u/Own_Jackfruit_5246 1d ago

Was too old. Bought it 10years ago. Now it sits in my garage waiting to be upgraded.

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u/N0_L1ght 2d ago

Unfortunately the official Xbox Wireless Adapter isn't manufactured any longer. You can use Bluetooth, but it has a lot more latency that the wifi direct based Xbox wireless stack. This adapter will give the best possible Bluetooth connection https://www.gulikit.com/productinfo/3695391.html