Have you ever looked at that shiny white home button on your Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 and wondered, "what if it was purple?" Well now it can be, with the latest Xbox update.
Microsoft has released an update for the Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 that allows you to customize the colors of the home button. Want to change that solid white light to pink, green, or even yellow? Now you can!
Accessible through the Xbox Accessories app on Xbox Series X|S (via Xbox Wire- opens in a new tab), you can choose from over 16 million colors by changing hue and saturation, thanks to the GripRGB support. But it's worth noting that this new feature is only available for the Xbox Elite Controller Series 2. If you have a standard Xbox Wireless Controller, you're out of luck right now.
The update arrives on the same day as the release of the Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 Core Edition. This white version of the Elite, officially introduced earlier this month, is cheaper than the standard black. But that's only because the accessories that come with the standard edition are sold separately for the white variant.
Ready to make your controller your canvas? Customize the Xbox button color on your Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller pic.twitter.com/AaZORHBv2KSeptember 21, 2022
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How to customize the Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 home button
To start customizing the Home button color on your Xbox Elite Controller Series 2, you need to update it to the latest firmware. You will be prompted to do this the next time you turn on your Xbox console.
Once you're up to date, go to "My games & apps" and find the Xbox Accessories app. You can download it from the Microsoft Store if you don't already have it. Once in the app, choose (or create) a profile for your Xbox Elite Controller Series 2.
You should then see a new "Color" tab in your controller profile. Navigate to that and you can start changing the hue and saturation of your Xbox home button.
A nice update, but...
I'm a huge fan of hardware customization of any kind. Everything from interchangeable joysticks to RGB lighting, and here I am. So you should be a big fan of this latest Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 update. And I am... almost.
I think it's a bit embarrassing that the color of the Xbox home button remains static after customizing it. It's a small detail, I admit, but as someone who loves the color change effects on my PC and the Corsair K65 keyboard, I can't help but be a little disappointed in the Elite implementation update. Although only a little.
But either way, it's a nice new feature and should work brilliantly in tandem with the Xbox Design Lab, to which the Xbox Elite Series 2 controllers will be added later this year.
(*two*)