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The Xbox is a popular controller so its Bluetooth connection issues on windows should be well documented online by multiple users by now if it's a known issue. Or is it just you and a handful of unlucky users due to some buggy Bluetooth card-driver combo?

There are a lot of short straws you can pull in the Bluetooth stack lottery that don't necessarily stem from the OS.

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A few of friends also have this experience with the controller. Nobody bothers to say anything though and they all told me that I’d just be better off plugging it in. Which is what they do and what I ended up doing

I've used an original Xbox One Bluetooth controller on Windows with about a dozen different Bluetooth adapters. I've never had problems. I also used a Bluetooth Xbox 360 controller before and once again didn't have issues. I also use a GuliKit Zen Pro controller without issues across close to half a dozen different Bluetooth adapters without issue. All in Windows.

I'd be interested in knowing what version of Windows you're using. Bluetooth has had a lot of updates in the past few generations of Windows.

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