Getting official third party controller dongles working on my Steam Deck

getting xbox dongle working on my steam deck

I got some xbox controllers and a dongle recently as I noticed that I was hitting the max pairing limit on bluetooth on my steam deck.
I bought this dongle because it was small and supported by Microsoft
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CN6HT6JZ?language=en-US

In terms of setup, this guide + script was super straight forward and helpful getting it setup. It also should work with arch distros too

I found it through the steam deck reddit
https://old.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/183mz9x/xbox_controller_usb_adaptor_does_it_work_with_the/kapo7ji/

Simply follow the installation instructions, you will need to be familiar with the command line

I ran into some issues pairing a newer controller to the dongle. The solution was to plug both the dongle and the controller (with batteries) into separate ports, and then pair the controllers.

I found this same solution worked for windows as well.

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Does this setup holds between updates?

I haven’t had a update to check, but I suppose it would be a matter of entering desktop mode and clicking on the update controller firmware shortcut

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