Trouble with Xbox Series X/S Wireless Controller and bluetooth in Windows 11

Martín Pindur · Feb 22, 2022

Hi! I've recently purchased a Xbox Series X/S Wireless Controller to use on my Windows 11 PC and the controller works great and connects perfectly to my desktop pc bluetook except when 15mins have passed idle and the controller turns off because of auto sleep. When that happens the bluetooth on my PC freaks out and stops basically working so i have to manually turn off and on the bluetooh and then it starts working again.
If I turn the controller off manually then everything is fine, but if it turns itself off then my bluetooth goes bananas. Is this a known bug or something? I've tried uninstalling my bluetooth drivers, restarting, unpairing and pairing the controller, I've even soft installed Windows 11 again.

I had a Xbox One wireless controller before and there was no problem with the auto sleep function, although it didn't work with bluetooth but with the xbox wireless adapter.

My specs:
GPU: GEFORCE GTX 1070 ASUS STRIX

CPU: INTEL I7 11700K

RAM: 2x8gb DDR4 CORSAIR 3000mhz

MOTHER: Motherboard B560m Ds3h V2

SSD: SSD 480gb KINGSTON

HDD: HDD 1TB WD

OS: Windows 11

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Farscape247

it uses wifi that the xbox has a receiver and sender for, similar to the microsoft pc wireless adapter but obviously built into the console.

no bluetooth at all. there is not a single bluetooth chip in the console, the modern xbox controller connect via wifi to the console or bluetooth to phones and pc if not using the adapter for pc. only the controller has bluetooth and this is basic at best.

Does the Xbox Series X or Series S support Bluetooth? | Windows Central

No Bluetooth for Xbox Series X

The Xbox Series X doesn't have Bluetooth, similarly to the Xbox One, Xbox One S, and Xbox One X. The reason is simple; the Bluetooth signal isn't strong enough to meet Microsoft's specifications for latency. Microsoft uses its proprietary signal, dubbed Xbox Wireless, for connecting controllers and other accessories, like the Turtle Beach Stealth 600 and the SteelSeries 9X wireless headsets.

Microsoft's signal is far stronger than Bluetooth. Since many people typically game while sitting far away from their consoles in the living room or so on, Bluetooth's susceptibility to interference increases exponentially at longer ranges. If you were hoping you could use a USB Bluetooth adapter, it wouldn't work either, as the Xbox Series X and other Xbox One consoles don't have the drivers necessary to power them.

Obsessive Power

Hi,

The Series S and X controllers work on same devices the earlier controller can connect to. This includes:

Xbox One Game receiver for Windows 10

Bluetooth (PC, Android, iOS)

Xbox One, One S, X and Series X/S.

Ricardo Lechuga

You could try a different Bluetooth device, as you mentioned the controller works ok on other devices

Ricardo Lechuga

You mean the controller or Windows?

Ricardo Lechuga

Hi Martín! My name is Ricardo an independent advisor ready to help you with this situation!

Sometimes you need a update for the controller on the PC, to update the controller please connect it trough a USB cable, after that go to the accessories app and try updating it

Trouble with Xbox Series X/S Wireless Controller and bluetooth in Windows 11