This minor issue aside, if you’re short on HDMI sockets it’s a handy feature to have.The Xbox One's HDMI pass-through port will support 'any HDMI device', including the PlayStation 4, Microsoft confirmed during its presentation at the Tokyo Game Show.ĭuring the presentation, Xbox senior director of product management and planning Albert Panello received a question regarding the Xbox One's ability to support video feed from the PlayStation 4, which he did not respond to directly. We found that Fitness Boxing on the Nintendo Switch, when passed through the Xbox One, gave us lower marks because our timing was off. It’s not noticeable in most games but there are titles, such as Guitar Hero, that reward you for precision timing, where it becomes an issue. One warning: using the “HDMI In” socket does introduce the tiniest bit of controller lag.

You need to have your Xbox One turned on to receive the output of the other device, not just in sleep mode. Now you’re set up, in future all you need to do is this: You should now see the output of your other console or device on the Xbox One. You’ll only need to set up OneGuide once.

Turn on the other device, and then launch OneGuide on your Xbox One.

Go to “My games & apps” on your Xbox One, then to the apps section and you should have an app installed called “OneGuide”, represented by three broken lines.

Plug the other end of the cable into the HDMI In socket on your Xbox One.

Get an HDMI cable and plug one end into the HDMI out socket on the device.

Get the device you want to use, whether it’s a console or Blu-Ray player or whatever.

Look at the back and you’ll see an HDMI port labelled “HDMI In”.

Turn your Xbox One off, and turn it round.

UPDATE: The OneGuide app is no longer on the app store but you should be able to access it from ‘my games and apps’.īut if you own an Xbox One console, you can plug any one HDMI device into your console without needing to fork out any extra money for a switcher. One way of getting extra HDMI ports is to buy an HDMI switcher. Given that HDMI is now the defacto standard for most consoles and other audio-visual equipment, it’s surprising how many TVs still only come with two or three HDMI in ports.

Did you know you can plug other consoles and peripherals into the “HDMI In” port at the back of your Xbox One, Xbox One S or Xbox One X?

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