How to Connect Phone to Xbox One via USB- 2 Ways

By Robert Jones · 2022-08-20

This is a practical guide in which you will learn to connect

## Phone to Xbox One: Getting Your Tunes Playing (or Not!) Right, so you're thinking of hooking up your phone to your Xbox One. Maybe you want to play some tunes through your home cinema setup, or perhaps you've got some photos you want to show off on the big screen. I get it. We all try these things. I've been messing about with all sorts of kit for years, and trying to get different bits of tech to talk to each other is always an interesting challenge. Sometimes it's a doddle; other times, you end up wanting to throw the blinking thing out the window. ### The USB Stick Method (The Easy Win) Let's get this out of the way first: a direct USB connection from your phone to your Xbox One, for playing media files, is usually a non-starter. Most phones just aren't set up to act like a simple USB drive for an Xbox. Think about it. Your phone's got its own operating system, security, all sorts of things going on. It's not an old-school USB stick that just presents a file directory. However, there's a workaround, and it's probably the best way if you've got local files on your phone you want to get onto the Xbox. _What you