Xbox Series X: Now you can control your TV with your remote, here’s how

It’s not always easy to find your way around the remotes for the TV, the box, the remotes for different consoles, the remotes for the PC, in short, everywhere we all have (and get lost) hanging around to control our screens. Also, it would be much more convenient to use a single controller to manage them all. Frankly, Microsoft agrees with its latest update to the Xbox Series X.

The remote can now change the source of your television’s image, without going as far as converting its remote to a universal remote. Let’s say you bought a new one and the setup time is a few tens of minutes or time to watch an episode of a favorite show. No need to search for your embedded remote control, you can switch to HDMI using your remote.

How to control your TV with your Xbox Series X controller

As Harry Hryb explained on Twitter, all you have to do is press the Xbox button on your controller to switch sources. Pressing the button again after the installation is complete takes the user back to the console screen. However, all this is possible only if the correct option is selected in the settings. Here’s where you’ll find it:

• From the home screen, press the Xbox button on your controller and Profile and system
• Set course to Settingsto the menu general
• Then open the partition Standby and start modeThen TV and A/V power option
• Tick ​​the option at the end Switch TV input using a controller

Note that this feature is only available on Xbox Series X and S. That’s why Xbox One doesn’t offer it. In addition, a very interesting add-on for Microsoft’s console, also slowly returning to stock.