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Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC)

Microsoft XAC Website

The Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC), released on September 4, 2018, is a video game controller designed by Microsoft for Windows PCs and the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles.

It is a unified hub for devices that helps make gaming more accessible for gamers with limited mobility, allowing them to connect external devices such as switches, buttons, mounts, and joysticks to create a custom controller experience.

Steam Input Support

Yes

Linux Kernel Support

Yes, since 3.17 - hid-microsoft Kernel Driver: xpad

Udev rules

# Xbox Adaptive Controller
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="045e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0b0a", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"
SUBSYSTEMS=="input", ATTRS{name}=="Xbox Adaptive Controller", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"

The xone Project

The xone Project
Has firmwares, udev rules and drivers might be needed to get it to run on your distribution to get the wireless connections working.

How to configure?

As the XAC should be interpreted we Xbox Wireless Controller the RetroDECK team don't see any reason why this should not work with RetroDECK right out of the box.