How To Connect Xbox Remote To Iphone

iOS 13 and iPad OS 13 added support for a few popular gaming controllers, one of which is the Xbox One S wireless controller. If you're into playing games on your iPhone or iPad, using a Bluetooth console controller will undoubtedly improve playability for certain types of games, especially those designed to be played with a joystick.

In the following Visi tutorial, we're going to go through the steps for pairing and unpairing an Xbox One S controller with an iPhone or iPad.

For this write-up, we used an iPhone 7 running iOS 13.6.

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Tap the Settings app.
2

Tap Bluetooth.
3

Tap the switch to enable Bluetooth.
4

Power up your Xbox One controller by pressing the Xbox button for 3-5 seconds

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Once powered on the Xbox button flashes slowly.
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With your iPhone or iPad close by, press the pair button on your Xbox One controller for 2-3 seconds

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The Xbox button is now flashing rapidly.
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On the Bluetooth screen on your iPhone or iPad, your Xbox One controller should be visible under OTHER DEVICES, tap it to connect.
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Once your iPhone or iPad is paired with your controller, it's listed below MY DEVICES.
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Open a game and have some fun with your new controller setup.

For a complete list of controller supported iOS games, go to www.controller.wtf/mfi-games.

1

Launch the Settings app.
2

Tap Bluetooth.
3

Tap Xbox Wireless Controller
4

Tap Disconnect.

You can also tap Forget This Device to remove it completely

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You'll have to add it again later if you wish to use it.
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Once unpaired, your Xbox controller will display as Not Connected on the main Bluetooth screen.