{"id":802589,"date":"2026-10-14T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802589\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T18:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T18:46:12","slug":"honey-xbox-shrunk-its-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802589\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey, Xbox shrunk its controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Microsoft is officially announcing its Xbox Nano controller today, a smaller and cheaper controller that\u2019s designed to fit into your pocket. The more compact controller is <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/10\/14\/xbox-nano-controller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also designed<\/a> for \u201cyounger players, smaller hands, or anyone seeking something portable for play on the go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The $49.99 Xbox Nano is Microsoft\u2019s smallest controller, and it\u2019s shorter than most smartphones at just over five inches in length. It has all the regular buttons you\u2019d find on a normal Xbox controller, as well as Xbox Wireless and Bluetooth support for connecting to Xbox consoles and phones, tablets, and PCs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Xbox Nano controller also includes a rechargeable battery, and doesn\u2019t require AA batteries or a separate charging pack like most Xbox controllers. Microsoft has also added a programmable Action Button to the Xbox Nano controller that can be customized to take screenshots, gameplay capture, and other Xbox shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Xbox Nano originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/930502\/microsoft-xbox-cloud-gaming-controller-leak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">leaked earlier this year<\/a> with what looked like a tiny screen to indicate cloud or console connectivity. That screen isn\u2019t part of this final shipping model, though. The rest of the controller looks identical to the leaks, including a USB-C port at the rear and a pairing button.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft is officially announcing its Xbox Nano controller today, a smaller and cheaper controller that\u2019s designed to fit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[205,59,696,50,227,86,56,54,55,183],"class_list":["post-802589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gaming","tag-gb","tag-microsoft","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-xbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}