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How to Connect Your Phone to an Xbox One?

The following guide will show you how to connect iPhone to Xbox One. However, if you are using an Android device, these steps are also available.

Step 1: Download the Xbox app to your iPhone

Operating system requirements for both iPhone and Android

In theory, you need to use the latest version of the operating system on your phone. However, if you don’t want to upgrade the OS, you need to make sure that your OS meets the following requirements:

Operating system requirements for iPhone

If you are using an iPhone or an iPad, you need to make sure that it is running iOS 10.3 or higher version.

Operating system requirements for Android

If you are using an Android device, you need to make sure that it is running Android 4.4 or higher.

Download and install the Xbox app on your phone

After that, you can go to the Apple App Store on your iPhone or the Google Play Store on your Android to search for Xbox and then download & install it on your phone.

Step 2: Enable network connection for both your phone and Xbox One

On your Xbox One

You need to go to Settings > Network > Network Settings to enable the network connection.

On your Android phone

You need to go to Settings > Wireless and Networks > WLAN to select the target Wi-Fi to connect.

On your iPhone

You need to go to Settings > Wi-Fi to turn on Wi-Fi and then tap the target Wi-Fi network for use.

Here, you need to make sure that your phone and your Xbox One are using the same Wi-Fi network connection.

Step 3: Sync your phone with your Xbox One

Open the Xbox app on your phone and tap the hamburger button in the upper-left corner. Then, you will see the main menu where you can see most features you can use on your phone. But to pair phone to Xbox One, you need to

1. Tap Console and then you can see Connect to Your Xbox One on the screen.
2. Tap Connect to Your Xbox One to call out the list of available Xbox consoles.
3. Tap your console (it should be Xbox SystemOS if you haven’t renamed it) and then tap Turn on.

Step 4: Control your Xbox One on your phone

After you connect your Xbox One to your phone successfully, you can see there is a remote icon in the bottom-right corner of the app screen. You can just tap it and then you will go to a black screen that features four face buttons, the home button, the view button, and the menu button.

You can drag your finger across the screen to choose a tile and then press A to confirm it.

Now, you should know how to connect your phone to your Xbox One and how to use the Xbox app to control your Xbox One on your phone. On the other hand, you can also connect your Xbox One to your computer. We find a guide for you: 3 Simple Ways to Connect Xbox One Controller to a Windows PC.