

Check out Microsoft’s post, All New Accessories for Xbox One, for details about these other accessories.Highly anticipated: Consoles have slowly become more like PCs with the release of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Microsoft also announced a few third party accessories including the Turtle Beach Ear Force XO SEVEN and Turtle Beach Ear Force XO FOUR headsets, the Polk 4 Shot Xbox One Gaming Headphones, the Polk N1 SurroundBar and the Mad Catz Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 for Xbox One.

You can access volume controls-including mute-without taking your hands off the controller (as those controls are built into the connectoid that attaches to the controller, see below).

This newwired headset-wired to the controller, that is-features a lightweight and comfortable design, mono wideband digital audio, and a unidirectional microphone. It charges the controller battery pack in less than 4 hours, Microsoft claims, and will be available in two versions: a standalone version and in a bundle with an Xbox One wireless controller. As with the current version for Xbox 360, these kit includes a rechargeable battery pack that fits inside the Xbox One Wireless Controller and a USB charging cable that connects the controller to the console. Xbox One Play & Charge Kit and Xbox One Wireless Controller with Play & Charge Kit. Smart (and in retrospect overdue.) Here it is. But as I wrote previously in Microsoft Highlights the New Xbox One Controller, the intriguing bit here, in many ways, is that the new controller now works like a PS3 controller in that Microsoft is using a standard micro-USB cable for charging. What I’ve simply been calling the “Xbox One controller” is in fact a wireless controller, just like today’s Xbox 360 wireless controller. It’s a decent list, but with no real surprises.

Continuing its ongoing series of disclosures about the Xbox One, Microsoft today detailed a few first party hardware accessories it make available at launch in November.
