You won’t have to reach for a remote the next time you’re ready to return to your Xbox after a TV session. Microsoft is unroll a Updating which lets you press the Xbox button on your controller to switch the input to your Series X or Series S. You can switch to cable TV during a download, knowing you just need to grab your controller when you’re ready to play.
The feature depends on the support of the newer Xbox consoles for HDMI-CEC. You can enable it from the “Sleep Mode and Startup” settings section through the “TV & A/V Power Options” selection.
The concept is not entirely new, whether for consoles or for HDMI-CEC devices in general. Still, it’s hard to complain when it can save you time wading through TV menus to come back to Halo Infiniteâ€
Starting today, once you press the Xbox button on your controller, you can switch the input back to your Xbox. While waiting on another TV input for a download or update, you can press the Xbox button once to switch back to the Xbox input https://t.co/hbEs9ns27c pic.twitter.com/aOkIyVERJs
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