Xbox One: 10 Best Tips & Tricks You Must Try

A one-stop-shop to maximising your Gaming time, the official Xbox app will save you a lot of time with a number of shortcuts.

The best features of the app lets you control your Xbox with a remote, use its keyboard instead of the slow console keyboard, and remote install games without turning your Xbox on.

The keyboard is especially useful for messaging friends without taking you out from a game. It’s just as seamless as texting, and can be used to message anybody with an Xbox or the Xbox app. Typing is also great for games with text commands, such as Ark: Survival Evolved. Even better, parties can be formed in the app so you can use your phone as a headset if you need to.

Setting up games to install remotely needs your Xbox One to be set up to do so. So make sure to do this by pressing the Xbox Home button on your controller to open the guide, then select Profile & System>Settings>Devices & connections>Remote features.

You then have to check the box to enable remote features, and select Instant-on for the power mode. If the power mode isn’t Instant-on, remote features won’t work. Now you’re all set up to manage your game library on-the-go.

One of the smaller features of the app lets you sort through your captures and share them to your preferred social media—just another great quality of life feature.