USB port power question

Can the USB ports on the Xbox one be used to power usb powered devices safely? Or can only Microsoft approved devices be used safely, such as the plug and play kit?

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How to connect the cables of your Xbox 360 Console

You must connect the cables properly to run your Xbox 360 Console.

Here is how:

Original Xbox 360 console

• First, you need to plug one end of the cable into the USB port on the back of the console and the other end into an electrical outlet.
• If you have a wireless networking adapter, plug it into the USB port on the front of the console by using the supplied USB extension cable.
• Connect all other USB accessories to USB ports on the front of the console.

Note: You'll have to purchase a power/USB cable if your want to connect the Kinect sensor which you have bought with an Xbox 360 S Console, to an Original Xbox 360 console.

Xbox 360 S console

• In Xbox 360 S console, the Kinect sensor cable does not need to be attached with a power plug. So disconnect the power plug portion of the cable if it is attached with a power plug.
• You need to plug the sensor cable into the AUX port on the back of the console.

 

Is it a possibility?

It is a custom shaped USB 3.0 port coupled with a power port.

"Though the port for the Kinect on Xbox One is proprietary, this is no different from the original Kinect. The port on the 360 slim supplied both power (Kinect’s power requirements are greater than what a standard USB port can supply) and a USB 2.0 connection.
For Kinect 2.0, it’s power + USB 3.0."

 

You can charge anything via the USB ports, I use it to charge my phone and tablet all the time

 

Thanks for the reply. How about to power something like this -
www.amazon.com/.../ref=sr_1_3

 

Which one? The side one doesn't charge my iPhone.