See How to update your Xbox One Controller on Windows 10. Micro-USB cable, Windows will automatically download and install the drivers for the controller.

The Xbox One Controller is arguably the best gaming controller since the Nintendo Game Cube. With Microsoft making it compatible with Windows 10, it is the best option for gamers right now. For many players on Windows 10, this might be the first time picking up a controller since gaming on a PC is more linked to a keyboard and mouse rather than a controller.

Just bear in mind that gaming with a controller is much different than using the traditional method. For example, a keyboard and mouse are much more accurate in First Person Shooters than a controller, though, for racing games, a controller is the preferred choice.

Connect Microsoft Xbox One Controller to Windows 10

Now, let’s get down to the matter at hand, and that is how to connect your Xbox One controller to your Windows 10 computer.

First you will need to download the drivers. In Windows 10, the most current drivers are already pre-installed. Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 users will have to download and install the following driver packages. Microsoft provides these drivers on its support page. You can choose to download the 32-bit or 64-bit versions, as long as your computer system is matching.

After installing the drivers, plug-in the controller and should work just fine. However, in some instances, the controller might still be connected to your Xbox One wirelessly. To stop this, turn off both the console and the controller, plug the controller back into the computer system, then turn it on again.

In normal instances, connecting the Xbox One controller to a Windows 10 PC without even installing the drivers, should work just fine.

Connect the Xbox One controller on a Mac

Microsoft doesn’t have official drivers for Macs, so you will have to use unofficial drivers that might or might not work correctly.

To get everything up and running, you will need to download a package called Xone-OSX. It can be found as a free download on Github. Once installed, just plug-in the controller and begin playing all your favorite Steam games.

Most games on Steam should recognize the Xbox One controller, so unless you’re playing one of the weird titles, then no issues should arise.

Connect the Xbox One controller on Linux

Surprisingly, any Linux distribution with Kernel version 3.17 and over should have no issues playing well with the Xbox One controller. Just plug it into the computer, and play, that’s it.

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So I tried to plug in my Xbox One Spectra controller to play a game.

Nothing, no response.

Xbox One Drivers

I look at the Device Manager and it tells me the only thing it has is an Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed).

There is no Xbox Controller driver of any variety listed anywhere.

I double-checked Windows Update--it assures me it's up-to-date.

So I hunt down the 64-bit Xbox One Controller drivers from the support website: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-on-windows/accessories/connect-xbox-one-controller-to-pc

I run it. It tells me its installed, but if I try to manually select the driver it just doesn't show up, I have to uncheck compatible driver and get the giant list of manufacturer's and models--I still don't see any controller drivers listed anywhere, and the controller still isn't responding.

The drivers definitely installed as well because if I run the program again it asks me if I want to repair/remove it.

I tried driverquery and Get-WMIobject to look at drivers as well--there's no xbox drivers there.

I've restarted the computer to no avail.

The closest I've gotten was one time when I restarted the PC and the device manager had dropped the yellow exclamation from the unknown device and when I tried to manually select a driver I got a different list of apparently compatible drivers (I didn't need to uncheck the compatible drivers box), but when I tried to select Xbox peripherals nothing happened and when I tried going back it was back to having nothing listed except the unknown driver.

I know the controller itself should be compatible--I've seen video of others installing drivers for the controller and it works for them.

Drivers For Xbox One Controller Windows

Does anyone have a solution, like a way to force Windows to update and give me the relevant drivers?