You might be reading this post as you’ve found yourself in such a situation where you are facing some pairing issues with your headphones when you are tying to connect them with Xbox One.
In this article, I’m going to share the steps that you can follow to get your Bluetooth Headphones paired to your Xbox One. Before we dive in, let me conclude one thing in start which is, there are some headphones that are not compatible with Xbox one.
How to Connect Bluetooth Headphones with Xbox One
There are plenty of ways to connect Bluetooth Headphones with Xbox one. Here are those ways, each topic included a step-by-step guide which you can follow to get the bluetooth headphones working on your xbox one.
Method 1: Use the 3.5mm Cable to Connect Headphones to Xbox One
The best way is to use a 3.5mm Cable, here’ the thing, your Xbox Controller has a built-in 3.5mm port for using an Aux cable which has 3.5mm output on both of its ends, now you have to plug one cable to your Headphone and the second one in your Xbox One.
Once you’ve done this, you’ll start hearing Audio to your headphone and it doesn’t required any technical knowledge to do it, all you need to do is to plug-in the cable onto the controller and the headphone.
Method 2: Use the Pairing Button on the Console
Now the second method is for those who didn’t wanted to use the Aux Cable(3.5mm cable) rather they wish to connect both devices wirelessly by the Bluetooth Transfer Protocol. Here’s the thing to do that.
First you need to put your heapdhones into pairing mode, make sure that the headphone isn’t paired or connected to any other device at the moment, if it’s connected or paired already with any other device, you need to put them in pairing mode to put your headphones into pairing mode you need to press the button for 7 seconds until you’ll see the led lights blinking on your headphones.
Now you’re headphones are in pairing mode, you need to find the pairng mode located on your console. Once you find it, press it and both devices will start pairing. You’ll hear some voice which says “Pairing” and after a moment you’ll hear Connected.
Conclusion
You’ll see how easy it is, to connect your bluetooth headphones to pairing mode. All best headphones are compatible to be paired with Xbox one and Xbox 360. If you are using some Studio headphones that are used for recording vocals there is a fair chance they won’t get connected but most headphones from top brands like Sony Wh-1000xm4, Skullcandy Crusher, Polk Audio Buckle, Sennheiser and Beats will get connected in a single go.