Microsoft delivered an overly helpful thumbstick recalibration device to the Xbox Accessories app on Xbox consoles and Windows previous this 12 months, letting Xbox controller homeowners right kind minor centering problems on their sticks by way of themselves. Today, Microsoft printed extra even updates hitting the app, including new calibration choices and extra customized mapping choices.

To get started off, the corporate is introducing a cause calibration device. It works throughout same old Xbox controllers and the Elite Series 2, letting gamers try to repair any small problems with triggers prior to achieving out to Microsoft Support for maintenance or returns:

For gamers experiencing minor cause problems on their Xbox Wireless Controller or Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2, we now be offering a user-guided self-calibration device for controller triggers throughout the Xbox Accessories App.

Meanwhile, the previous thumbstick calibration choice can now be used on Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 gadgets for the primary time. More worn-out or broken portions of the controller will also be ordered for alternative directly from Microsoft as smartly.

Anyone who maintenance or replaces portions by way of themselves may be advisable to run the 2 calibration equipment following the procedures, ensuring the entirety is correctly tuned.

Accessibility is being progressed due to much more granular mapping choices at the app, too. The Elite Series 2 and any exterior joystick connected to the Xbox Adaptive Controller now strengthen mapping to any button or keyboard enter. Even mouse cursor motion (and mouse buttons) will also be mapped to thumbstick and joystick instructions for much more customizability.

Moreover, exterior joysticks that experience a hat transfer (the four-way transfer subsequent to the thumb that is generally mapped to go searching) now be able to be mapped. This to hand addition we could gamers use it as “the opposite stick when attached to your Xbox Adaptive Controller,” for one-handed dual-stick utilization.