10 Tips Every Xbox Series X/S Owner NEEDS to Know!

Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and here are  my top tips and features that I believe every   Xbox series X and S user should know about so if  you've got an Xbox or you know someone who does   hopefully these will help you get the most out  of your Xbox in 2024 but before we jump in did   you watch the Xbox showcase a few days ago that  is definitely one of the best shows we've had   in recent years and it's definitely got me hyped  for the new games Okay so this first one is for   those of you that like to play at night or maybe  you found the Xbox icon on your controller or   the console a little too bright while sitting at  your setup well the good news is you can actually   adjust the brightness of the Xbox logos on both  the console and the controller so if you head   over to settings and then TV and display and then  night mode you'll see an option in here for both   the controller and the power button brightness  then all you need to do is move this slider up   or down until you're happy with the brightness of  the logos or if you'd rather you could just turn   the lights off completely and go for that full-on  stealth mode and the same for the Xbox itself this   light on the front can be adjusted or switched  off completely if you want to go for that dark   mode look and talking of stealth mode how many  times have you wanted to jump on a quick game at   night but this sound prevents you well fortunately  you can switch off the startup sound and even the   dashboard sounds when it boots up all you need to  do is go to settings accessibility and audio then   change the power chime from on to off from now on  every time you turn on the Xbox it will be silent   and no one will know that you're gaming now if  you've ever found yourself needing to help out a   friend family member or child while they game it's  a pain having to pass that controller back and   forth while Xbox do have something called co-pilot  which allows you to use two controllers on the   same account this effectively makes the second  controller an assist controller but they appear   to be one single controller so all you need to do  is go to settings accessibility and controller and   then from here you'll see a co-pilot settings and  you just need to turn this on on the controller   that you're using from now on every time you turn  on this second controller both will have control   of the same game and the same home screen as  you can see here both controllers I'm using   are controlling the car at the same time and I can  tell you now personally I think this is incredibly   useful if you've got children as you can allow  them to play the game and when they need help   where you can jump on an assistant with that extra  controller rather than taking theirs from them and   if you didn't know this already well the Xbox can  be turned on or off and games open just by using   your voice so although the XBox doesn't actually  have a mic built in if you've got a speaker or a   smart home assistant in your room well you can  use that to control it firstly on the Xbox you   need to enable this setting under devices and  digital assistant now you need to set it up on   your Google or Alexa app on your phone and from  now on you can say commands like turn the Xbox   on without needing to grab your controller first  or you could say play hypercharge unboxed on the   Xbox and it will jump straight into the game  before you even sit down I mean it's not going   to save you a great deal of time but it's a cool  feature to have okay so when you're on your home   screen instead of using the d-pad or thumb stick  to navigate up and down if you press the RT or   the LT buttons it will move up and down the rows  one at a time it just makes things a little bit   quicker for scrolling through lists and tiles and  then if you if you're on the quick menu tapping   RT will take you down to the bottom where you can  access the notifications and the search bar now   I have no idea why this is on by default but you  know at the top left of the dashboard we have our   gamer tag and our gamer score well we also have  our email address displayed here as well honestly   I do not understand why anyone would need to see  their email every few seconds but the good news is   well we can hide this this is useful if you want  to stream games or capture your dashboard or just   share photos of your setup as there's always  a risk that you might accidentally share your   email address to others well all you need to do is  go into settings account signin and security and   then untick this box here and that's it from now  on your email address will no longer be shown on   the home screen so whether you're using your Xbox  with a TV or a monitor you might want to make sure   you're getting the best picture quality from it  now by default this should be set up correctly but   it's always worth checking you're getting a full  resolution and frame rate that your TV can support   So if you head over to General and TV and display  options you can check that both 4K and 120 HZ   options are available if you're not sure what  your TV can handle hit the 4K details button   and it will tell you what you're able to see so  for example if your TV allows the 4 4K and 120 HZ   you'll want to enable both of these on the console  but while we're here if you've never calibrated   the HDR for your games now is the time this screen  will take you through the various images allow   you to tweak it for your brightness and shadows  to match the image on the right and once you've   done this you should get a better HDR image than  before helping with those highlights and shadows   in game now if you've ever never needed to use  your controller on an Xbox and another device   you'll know that you have to press and hold the  sync button on the controller and your Xbox to   pair them well did you know that once you've  paired the controller to two different devices   like an iPad and an Xbox you can quickly swap  between the two devices by simply double tapping   the pair button on the controller this will then  instantly swap between the two devices that you've   synced as it remembers the last Xbox and the  last Bluetooth device this is incredibly useful   if you're gaming on say an Xbox and an iPad at  the same time and it means you don't need to mess   around syncing them up again each time you swap  as you can jump between them pretty quickly when   it comes to customizing the Xbox dashboard there  are a few things that you can do the main one of   course is the wallpaper by going to settings and  personalization you can change the background to   either a solid color like here I fancy a nice  pink background but there's also achievement   art customized images and screenshots but the big  one is the dynamic backgrounds which I think look   awesome there are quite a few in here to choose  from including some new games that we've seen and   when you enable one of these it will be displayed  regardless of the tile or the game that you hover   over so it supersedes any game art that might be  on that game but if for any reason you just want   to go back to the normal game art wallpapers well  all you have to do is Click restore defaults and   you're back to seeing those wallpapers which to  be honest I much prefer anyway as I like to tab   through the games and see the different images  that the developers have used and next up is   sound so in the settings we've got various sound  options for both speakers and headsets including   stereo uncompressed and DTS but if you're using a  Dolby Atmos set up you might be interested in the   Dolby options as well well firstly if you've  got a home theater that supports Dolby atmus   you'll notice this is available straight out of  the box but if you've got a compatible headset   you might notice that the Dolby atmus options  doesn't actually work and that's because you   do need a license from Dolby to enable it for the  headsets now there is a free trial available but   if you want to make the most out of your headset  I would suggest going for the 14 to 15 lifetime   access because once you've bought it you will get  the option to use Dolby atmas on your headsets in   games that support it and I can tell you now  this will sound so much better than the other   options now most of the time you'll probably use a  controller with the Xbox series X or Series S but   did you know that the Xboxes support mouse and  keyboard as well you can literally plug these   into the USB port on your Xbox and use them on  games as well as accessing the browser so if you   wanted that PC gaming experience but without an  actual PC this is a cool way of doing it it's also   far easier to search or type out messages using a  physical keyboard rather than the onscreen options   but just be aware that both of these need to be  wired as Wireless does not work okay so this next   one might seem obvious but you have got to start  preloading your games seriously like any game   you know you're going to play at launch whether  it's a paid for or a Game Pass game head to the   store and pre-install it as soon as you can this  means it come launch Day the game and all of its   available updates and downloads are installed  and ready to go and the good thing is you can   normally do this weeks before the game even comes  out and that leads me onto the Xbox app every Xbox   user should have this installed on their phone  already but it's incredible how useful this this   little app is it's not just somewhere you can  check your profile or update your details but   you can message your mates jump into parties or  download games straight to your Xbox for this to   work though on the Xbox you need to make sure you  go into settings devices and remote features then   you need to enable remote features in here this  will allow you to install new games and access   it from the app so yeah if you're not using the  Xbox app yet definitely get this downloaded as it   will make your life so much easier while playing  and installing games okay now if you like me and   prefer to play your games with no ractions at  all you might need this next one so on the Xbox   you can control which notifications and popups  that you see while you're gaming and it's always   worth having a look through this list and seeing  which of these you definitely do not need seeing   popping up it's also useful if you plan on screen  recording or capturing your gameplay so these   don't pop up and annoy your viewers or of course  you can go ahead and disable every single one for   that pretty peaceful session next up our games so  if you've got an Xbox my biggest piece of advice   is to make sure you have Game Pass seriously the  volume of game and new releases that you get each   month is well worth the money especially if you  want to play a huge library of games I've said   this before but you only need to play three to  four games a year and it's already paid for itself   like here are some of the new games that we've  seen added recently to Game Pass but if you're not   on Game Pass and you want some free games where  you can check out the top threee games list so   go into the store choose top three and then scroll  through the list of games I also always enable the   optimized for serus x and S to view the newer  games you can now see the full list which are   all currently free on the Xbox are ready to be  downloaded some of these of course you will be   familiar with like fortnite and War Zone but there  might be some games in here that you've never even   seen and if you find yourself running out of  space with all of these new games and updates   there's a slightly better way you can expand your  storage so these ssds are already available but   the downside is you'll have a drive hanging out  the back of your console and they take up a USB   port whereas these expansion cards are designed  to slot into the back of the serus S and x and   take up no physical space at all both Seagate and  Western Digital make these and they both offer   the same storage options and it's just a case of  plugging it into the available port on the back   and you've immediately doubled or even tripled  your storage and we all know why we need one   of these for that one copy of Call of Duty okay  so those were some of my top tips and favorite   features on the Xbox series X and S is there a  tip that you would recommend or something that   I've missed today also if you do like Xbox content  make sure you subscribe for more videos like this   from me now drop a nice Xbox in the comments and  I'll give you a thumbs up for staying right till   the end and if you did enjoy today video check  out my top PS5 tips video next as it covers 10   tips for 2024 well thanks for watching please like  subscribe and follow me everywhere until next time

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Length: 10min 9sec (609 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 12 2024