New Xbox One/PC Wireless Controller Adapter Revealed

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Microsoft has unveiled a new iteration of its Xbox Wireless Adapter, which allows you to connect Xbox One controllers to your PC. The new device will hit stores on August 8.

The adapter is capable of wirelessly connecting to eight Xbox One controllers at once, and is 66% smaller than the old design. Be warned, however, that like the old device, this dongle is only compatible with Windows 10 devices (including laptops and tablets) that support USB 2.0 or 3.0, and does not support Xbox 360 controllers.

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The new Xbox Wireless Adapter will cost exactly the same as its predecessor--US $25 / AU $30. European pricing has not yet been revealed, but it's likely the dongle will continue to cost £20 / €23 in the region.

If you don't fancy shelling out extra money, you can of course connect your Xbox One controller to your PC via a micro-USB cable. This route also supports older versions of Windows, unlike the new wireless adapter.

Just yesterday, Microsoft revealed three new Xbox One controller designs. They're called Green/Grey, Patrol Tech, and Volcano Shadow, and you can take a look at them all here.

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Interstellar

66% smaller  but same function like the old one, right? I've the old Adapter.



Solar

Well this would be great if it weren't for the fact that it's yet another example Microsoft continuing to slowly eat away at other platforms with their proprietary tech which has no need or reason to be exclusive to Windows 10. Can you theoretically use this on versions from Win XP to v8.1? Yes you can, if Microsoft wrote the drivers for them (unofficial versions are already on the way if you don't mind unsigned drivers). Can you theoretically use it on Linux? Why yes you can, if Microsoft wrote the drivers for them. Can you use it on your Apple Mac? Why yes you can, if Microsoft wrote the drivers for them. But Microsoft don't produce any drivers for any other operating system other than Windows 10, even though there's no technical reason why they couldn't (and a lot of incentive to do so - dramatically expanding your target audience is good for business).

So here we have yet another snippet of Microsoft technology that has been deliberately crippled to support only the operating system they want you to be using. Personally, I'll just stick with a wire and Microsoft can go **** themselves. Excuse my language!

Cheers!