Can I Use Earbuds With My Xbox One

At present that Microsoft'southward updated Xbox I gamepads with congenital-in headphone jacks are in wide circulation, there are more folks than ever running into a certain frustrating issue: the headphone port doesn't seem to piece of work with the white Apple EarPods that many of us use every day. Tragically, anyone who tries plugging Apple's earbuds into their controller expecting it to just automatically work are instead met with an earful of hideous buzzing noises.

Information technology turns out, there's actually a workaround for this issue, and it's pretty uncomplicated! Here's the fix: just plug the headphones in, double-tap the Xbox button in the top middle of your controller, and then head to the settings gear. After that, you'll want to disable the "Headset Mic" option, then turn the "Mic Monitoring" setting all the mode downwards.

Why is this necessary? It'due south actually the event of a strange motility on Apple tree'south part: While nigh iii.5 mm headsets use the tip, first ring, second ring and sleeve of the jack for the left ear, right ear, microphone and electrical grounding, respectively, Apple's headsets really bandy the grounding and microphone, resulting in that atrocious static sound you hear when mic monitoring is enabled.

Thanks to Twitter user @TylerQHall for the tip!

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Source: https://www.polygon.com/2016/2/28/11129974/xbox-one-controller-apple-earpod-earbud-headphones-buzzing-noise-fix

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