Which Xbox One controller do you have?

There are two versions. The original Xbox One controller from 2013 has no Bluetooth, so it connects to a computer with a micro USB cable or the Xbox Wireless Adapter. The Xbox One S controller from 2016 added Bluetooth. To tell them apart, look at the Xbox button: on the Bluetooth model, the plastic around it is part of the controller's face, and on the older one it's part of the top piece with the bumpers.

Tool description

This tester shows what your Xbox One controller sends to the browser. Connect it and press any button, since browsers only show a controller once one of its buttons is pressed.

The gamepad picture lights up A, B, X, Y, LB, RB, View, Menu and the Xbox button as you press them, fills LT and RT as far as you pull them and moves the sticks. LS and RS are the stick presses. Under the picture, each button has a tile with how far it's pressed, and both sticks show their exact X and Y position from -1 to 1. Test vibration rumbles both grip motors for one second. The motors inside the triggers aren't part of the test.

If more than one controller is connected, pick the one to show.

Checking the sticks

Let go of both sticks. A healthy stick rests close to zero, like 0.0039. A value that stays around 0.1 or more, or changes on its own, means the stick drifts. Pushed all the way, each stick should get close to -1 or 1 in every direction.

Features

  • A controller picture with the buttons named as on your Xbox One controller
  • How far each button and trigger is pressed, and each stick's exact position
  • A one second test of the vibration motors