We highly recommend buying a standard USB to Micro USB cable and use the same to connect your controller to the PC. Since this is only designed for charging and not data transfer, your PC may deny recognizing the connected Xbox one controller. While buying a new USB cable, do not buy Charge & Play Kit one. Since not all USB cables are identical, there is a high possibility that the one you are using is incompatible with your controller. Problems with USB devices are pretty common and most of the time these get fixed after changing the cable. Once the controller is paired with your Windows 10 PC, essential drivers will themselves get installed.

Go back to the “Add a device” popup and the controller name will be available now.Now take the controller and press – Guide button.Add a device pop up prompts select – Bluetooth.From the next page, click – Add Bluetooth or other device.If the controller is USB then you will need to reconnect it first rather than trying out advanced workarounds. Oftentimes, Windows 10 computer is unable to recognize the Xbox One console just because the device is not paired properly in case of the wireless device. Here is how to fix PC not detecting Xbox one controller in Windows 10 – 1] Reconnect Xbox one controller

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