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xpadneo [GitHub] seems like an interesting project for those of you who own the Xbox One S wireless gamepad, allowing you to connect it Bluetooth with other fun features.

Quite a new project this one, something I hadn't actually heard of before so it's likely new to a fair few of our readers as well. Hopefully some of you might find this interesting or useful.

According to the GitHub page it has these features:

  • Supports Bluetooth
  • Supports Force Feedback over Bluetooth
  • Supports Trigger Force Feedback
  • Offers a consistent mapping, even if paired to Windows before
  • Working Select, Start, Mode buttons
  • Support for Battery Level Indication (including Play `n Charge Kit)
  • Agile Development

Doesn't seem like there's any packages for it yet, not even in the Arch AUR, so you will need to install it yourself from their instructions.

Hat tip to Ale Funguju on Twitter.

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TurtleShark Jun 21, 2018
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Quoting: TurtleShark
Quoting: GuestSo the wire on my logitech gt340 has stopped working altogether, so I need to order a new controller ASAP

Turns out my xbox one controller isn't the bluetooth model so if I was to go with the Xbox One controller I'd have to buy a new one

The only thing that concerns me is what M@GOid said, about Xbox One controllers being the worse in terms of game compatibility, that's an issue for me as I'd want the controller to work in *all* my linux games that have controller support


TurtleShark mentions an 8bitdo wireless bluetooth adapter, that recognizes the controllers are an xinput device, does this mean it would have the same compatibility as all other xinput controllers, like the xbox 360 controller (and my logitech f310) ??


This is what I found when looking for this adapter

https://www.amazon.co.uk/8Bitdo-Wireless-Bluetooth-Raspberry-Nintendo/dp/B0786JC6VW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529588559&sr=8-1&keywords=8bitdo+bluetooth+adapter

But if you scroll down to "customer question and answers" one person asks if Xbox One Controllers are supported and someone answered saying no

I'm so confused as to what to do, but I want to order a new controller ASAP because right now I'm without ANY game controller to use on Linux and I do 90% of my gaming with a controller

That is weird!! That Amazon comment is from March 12th, but they released that firmware update March 14th! They really should have updated that on Amazon. If you check their site out firmware v1.16 DOES include support for the XboxOne S (the bluetooth variant).

You will have to figure out how to update the firmware...there is supposed to be a way to do it on Linux using fuwp (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/update-8bitdo-firmware-linux), but I just used my Windows partition to update the firmware (others said they've used a Widnows VM for the controllers).

TL : DR
It does work.
Must be XboxOne S controller
Must find out how to update firmware

I did check their site, I've put the order in now anyway along with a new controller, wasn't cheap!

Anyways that's the other thing I was going to ask, I checked their site and noticed the firmware updates are only for windows

I do dual boot however, are you saying I would be able to install the firmware updates on my Windows install and that would also update it when I use my Linux install also? They're both on seperate hard drives by the way, W10 on one hdd and Linux Mint on the other


Yes! The firmware lives on the USB receiver itself, so its a one-time thing and you can plug it into any computer after and it'll work. Their firmware-update-tool on the website only runs on windows. (Unless you want to try the Linux tool I linked to above).
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