The Xbox October Update is Rolling Out: Keyboard Mapping for Controllers and More

As we continue to refine and improve Xbox, Team Xbox will deliver new features, all based upon player feedback. This month’s update includes keyboard mapping for Xbox controllers, offers an easy way to import game captures from Xbox to edit in Clipchamp, and gives the ability to set your preferences for optional diagnostic data across your Xbox devices. Also, a subset of people will see an experiment in which we’re making it easier to jump into a game with your friends from your profile.

Xbox controller keyboard mapping

The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 as well as the Xbox Adaptive Controller can now be mapped to keyboard buttons. The PC gaming community and the accessibility community have requested keyboard remapping. This feature allows for more controller input in games with many commands or limited mapping capabilities.

Starting this week the Xbox Accessories app will support controller-to-keyboard input mapping on both PC and console. You can remap any button from the Elite Series 2 Controller or Xbox Adaptive Controller to a keyboard key. You can, for instance. Sea of Thieves For example, you can assign keyboard commands to quick-selecting a tool. Keyboard Mapping Xbox Controllers has more tricks and tips.

Clipchamp lets you import Xbox Game Captures to Edit in Clipchamp

Microsoft Clipchamp is the video editor built into your Windows computer and web browser. You can now import game captures directly from Xbox. From Clipchamp, you’ll see a new “Xbox” option in the import panel. After you sign-in to the Xbox network, you’ll be able to select and import game captures into Clipchamp for editing. Once imported, you’re ready to create videos of your epic gaming moments by trimming, cropping, adding text, transitions, and other effects. You can then easily share your videos with friends, followers, and family.

Select your preferred settings to share diagnostic information across all Xbox devices

Offering choice is a priority, and we’ve built our existing controls to provide you with preferences. Xbox will improve its consoles if you share optional diagnostic data. A few examples of the optional diagnostics and usage data are app and feature usage, error reporting, console performance improvement, troubleshooting and more.

Starting this week, Xbox is updating the optional diagnostic data controls to be account-based, so once you select your preferences on one gaming device, you won’t need to do it on any other gaming device, including Xbox consoles, Xbox Cloud Gaming (beta), PC, and mobile. You’ll get a prompt to choose your settings when you sign in or set up a new account and will be able to manage your settings from any Xbox gaming device.

Press the button to view or change your diagnostic settings. XboxThe guide will open when you click the button. You can also find out more about the following: > Credit Card > Privacy & online safety > Data collection. To learn more about Xbox diagnostic data and how to manage what data you share, visit Manage settings for Optional Data Sharing.

Jump in a game with your friends from your profile – experiment

We’re experimenting with making it easy to see what your friends are playing and jump into a game together. From your profile page, you’ll be able to invite friends to a party and join a game. We will randomly select a subset of our users to test it.

Xbox: Shape the future with your input

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We love hearing from the community, whether you have a suggestion for a new feature that you’d like to see added, or you want to give feedback on existing features that could use some improvement.  If you’d like to help create the future of Xbox and get early access to new features, download the Xbox Insider Hub on your Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, or Windows PC today. Please let us know your thoughts!