like any gaming console the Xbox one and
Xbox one acts our complicated
technological beasts that bring us a lot
of joy as with any sophisticated piece
of technology the system has its ups and
downs as well as little tips and tricks
that you can learn that gamers have
found made their gaming experience run
smoother so today we're discussing some
of those little shortcuts with our list
of the top 10 ways to hack your Xbox one
we're running out of material I never
attend streaming streaming has become a
huge part of many gamers lives these
days whether you stream yourself or
watch other streamers religiously
streaming has become an important part
of the industry and help support many
gaming talents and personalities as a
means of inka get paid to do it you look
right well if you're striving to become
a popular streamer yourself
and you play on an Xbox one there's a
hack that you can use to help you
navigate the technicalities of streaming
much easier Microsoft introduced a
feature called Xbox play anywhere pretty
recently and it allows you to
cross-platform purchase a game meaning
you can play it on your Windows 10 PC
you can do this by going into your
preferences and clicking a loud game
streaming to other devices and then
screen record your gameplay from there
it also makes life easier if you live
with others and don't want to be
preoccupying your television for hours
on end
thanks number 9 HDMI the Xbox one and
onwards we're marketed as a media hub
and nothing solidifies this more than
the fact that it has an HDMI input now
the HDMI output is what you use to
connect your console to your TV but the
input can do some interesting stuff not
only can it connect you to satellite or
cable but you can also hook up other
consoles to that port people have hooked
up their ps4s or a Nintendo switch to it
which allows you to run both consoles to
your HV PVR well why not just get HDMI
switcher though well by using the Xbox
one HDMI input it still gives you access
to your Xbox while playing on another
console so if you're big on Xbox Live
parties and chatting through there this
is a way for you to not give it up if
you want to do something like play Mario
Odyssey or our breath of the wild it
also means you can switch back and forth
between games running on each individual
console if you choose to do so it's
great if your TV doesn't have a bunch of
HDMI ports and if you don't want to pay
to get an HDMI input switcher and
already own an Xbox one although that
being said some people have noticed some
lag when running other systems through
the Xbox
in my eggs in a rate how to show games
Xbox one managed to find a way to make
sharing games easy essentially all you
do is set your xbox one as your home
xbox meeting anyone that uses the
console can play your games even if
they're logged into their own account
and you can also share games that you
get from your Xbox Live Gold
subscription yeah access and your xbox
game pass how do you do it well hit the
Xbox button on your controller go to the
system tab and select settings from
there go to personalization my home Xbox
then select make this my home Xbox you
can change your home Xbox five times
within twelve months I've taken four
seven media remotes jumping back when we
bit to that media hub info that we were
telling you guys about earlier with
number nine with the HDMI input for this
one if all that sounded complicated fear
Knox Microsoft created an easy way to
make navigating your media hub easy at
or whatever else you have plugged into
your Xbox input with something called
the media remote it has simple to read
buttons that allow anyone to use it to
navigate between using the Xbox one or
putting on other media based application
meaning if you live at home and share
the TV you'll never have to worry again
about a family member calling you at
whatever hour of the day to have you
explain to them how to turn on Netflix
and our number six spot optimize your TV
optimizing your television is something
you should do for every console it makes
a world of difference in how you see
your games so in settings there's an
option called television calibration
it'll give you a rundown of what the
best way to optimize your picture
quality specific to your TV in order to
best suit your xbox you can also look at
your television settings as well many
come with a game mode that's worth
checking out although it's likely that
if you're playing on an older television
that its settings may not sync up
perfectly with newer generation consoles
and number five remap buttons coming
from a different console not feeling the
layout of the buttons on your xbox
controller that much or perhaps you just
find that it's reflex to hit different
buttons depending on the game that
you're playing well there's a way to
make your life less frustrating you can
remap your controllers buttons just go
into settings then all settings then
connect in devices and finally devices
and accessories select your Xbox profile
and then select button mapping from
there
that just as you please pounds number
for play in charge having to replace
your batteries for your Xbox one
controller right in the middle of a game
can sometimes drive a person mental if
you're playing something that's time
sensitive or just flat out of batteries
nothing is more unfortunate if you only
have one controller this reality may be
the bane of your existence and if he
ever who mates you constantly drain the
controllers and don't replace the
batteries or worse steal the batteries
to use for other things that can also
suck pretty bad too but there's one way
that you can avoid feeling some serious
grief over your dead controllers
Microsoft has something called a play
and charge kit that comes with
rechargeable batteries and a stand that
you can pop your controllers in to in
order to give them that juice and
they're not all that pricey either you
can find ones like the PDP energizer
xbox one controller charger as low as 30
bucks on sites like Amazon and number
three speed up the set up if you're
getting a new Xbox and can't wait to
start using it there's a trick that can
help you move the process along quicker
when you first set up your Xbox there's
a mandatory system software update that
you have to sit and wait through which
takes about 20 ish minutes to complete
if your internet connection is at its
best but if you are super impatient and
can't wait that 20 minutes instead of
waiting for it to finish in order to get
through to the rest of the setup there's
actually a link that appears at the
bottom of the progress screen that you
can type in to your phone which allows
you to go through the rest of the setup
process while your console chugs away at
its updates or even you know just sittin
and wait
takes it to hitting control there
shortcuts shortcuts generally make
everything easier in all aspects of life
shortcuts for your controller are no
exception
here's less our drawer cuts that will
speed things up for you when you're
using your Xbox to open up hidden menus
for selected games press lb + RV and
select all at once to refresh the home
page press LT RT and Y all at once to
show hidden games ready for installation
press lb RB and X while on the ready to
install page to idle your screen hold
down the Xbox button and then press X
and lastly if you didn't already know to
turn off your controller double press
and hold the Xbox button is not least in
our number one spot more space one of
the worst feelings ever is when you get
a new game either by downloading it or
popping in a brand new shiny disk and
bam the console notifies you that you
don't have enough space to install it if
you're still chugging your way through a
library of games that you don't want to
delete just yet you can always increase
the amount of space you have by heading
to the shop and buying yourself a
standard external hard drive as long as
it's a USB 3 drive with over 250
gigabytes you'll pretty much be set
generally you can get a one or two
terabyte hard drive between 70 to 100
dollars Canadian that is all you do is
plug it into one of the USB ports on
your Xbox there's one port on the front
and two in the back which is standard on
all Xbox models you can manage the drive
by going into settings system storage
and selecting transfer which will allow
you to manage what's on the hard drive
and what's on the internal drive inside
of your Xbox you can also use this
transfer games you can click the hard
drive into any Xbox the same trick can
be used and done with other consoles
like the ps4 - have you guys tried any
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