Unhealthy information for Xbox customers who’ve connected unlicensed third-party equipment to their consoles. Beginning subsequent month, unauthorized equipment will now not work along with your gaming system. These embrace controllers, headsets, and different unlicensed {hardware} that work with Xbox methods.

When you’ll nonetheless have the ability to use unlicensed equipment in the meanwhile, you’ll continually be reminded with a pop-up message saying that they compromise the gaming expertise and might be blocked beginning November twelfth.

It’s price noting that this solely applies to “unlicensed” {hardware}, notably to third-party wi-fi controllers, as most licensed ones are at present solely accessible in wired variants. Microsoft, nonetheless, guarantees to develop its listing of licensed third-party wi-fi controllers sooner or later.

From November 12, 2023, Microsoft will now not enable unauthorized third-party equipment for use with its Xbox consoles.

In keeping with sources, MS plans to develop its program for authorized third-party wi-fi Xbox controllers.
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