Microsoft to Integrate Xbox Wireless Into Future PCs

Good news for those of y'all who like PC gaming and hate cords. Until at present, if you wanted to use your Xbox One accessories with your Windows PC, you needed a special adapter (or the new Xbox Wireless Controller, which features Bluetooth technology). That'southward irresolute.

Xbox Wireless Microsoft announced earlier this calendar week that future PCs will support Xbox Wireless right out of the box— thus, in that location is no demand for any additional adapters or wires. The characteristic will offset be bachelor on the Lenovo IdeaCentre Y710 Cube, which launches in October 2022, but Microsoft said it should eventually migrate to other devices.

"Going forrad, you should expect to come across both new PCs and new accessories that support Xbox Wireless as we create new ways for our fans to play seamlessly across devices," Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief, Will Tuttle, wrote in a blogpost. "Through our partners, we program to deliver a range of Xbox Wireless supported PCs and accessories such as headsets, joysticks, and other input devices."

Those partners include a number of gaming PC and accompaniment makers like Astro, HyperX, Mad Catz, PDP, Plantronics, Razer, SteelSeries, and Turtle Beach. PDP'southward new Stone Band Wireless Fender Jaguar Guitar Controller, institute in the Rock Band Rivals Band Kit, for example, supports Xbox Wireless so you can connect to your Xbox One with no wires or dongles.

Tuttle added that Xbox Wireless had been designed specifically for gaming and offers some benefits over other connection methods, similar low latency and support for up to eight devices at once. Products that back up the feature will have an Xbox Wireless logo on the box.

Meanwhile, if you don't run into yourself buying a new PC any fourth dimension before long, no fret: the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows is still available.

About Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's adept on fitness and smart domicile products. Teaching yoga for most ten years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected wellness products including fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela as well tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.